by shana | Nov 11, 2016 | Communication Skills, couple therapy, election
As Americans we are divided Many of us have been wandering around this week in a post election haze. Some have been protesting on the streets of San Francisco, and others think they’ve found a president that will hear their voices. However you voted,...
by shana | Oct 28, 2016 | Communication Skills, counseling, couple therapy, couples therapy, lying, Relationship Counseling
Pretty white lies Sometime lying might do you some good. Lying about the big stuff in a couple could prove fatal, but the little ones? We tell more white lies than you may think. Bella DePaulo, Ph.D., a psychologist at the University of Virginia found that most...
by shana | Oct 21, 2016 | couple therapy, couples therapy, Why Do We Argue So Much?
The big lies Should I tell the truth in couples therapy? I’m building up the courage..actually never mind…Lately I was thinking about what keeps couples from being honest especially in therapy. Sometimes we hide truth from ourselves and...
by shana | Oct 14, 2016 | Breaking up, counseling, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Relationship Counseling, Stressful Marriage
What to do after marrying the wrong person? “Why you will marry the wrong person” was published in the New York times by Alan de Botton, and he gives us a quirky and intelligent answer. “We need to swap the Romantic view for a tragic (and at points...
by shana | Sep 2, 2016 | Communication Skills, couples therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Relationship Counseling
Won’t anyone listen to me? Your dog might understand more than you think. An August 31 Washington Post Animalia article discusses a study about dogs and their ability to understand our communication. Dogs process both our tone and our words, and they do that...
