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 | 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...
by shana | Jun 24, 2016 | Anxiety, Communication Skills, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
She’s killing me! While she may not be holding a knife to your throat (well let’s hope not), it is well researched that chronically sad, frustrated or fearful people tend to be chronically unwell and live less long. So it makes sense that if your...
by shana | Mar 18, 2016 | Communication Skills, couples therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Under duress do you like to escape into your man or lady cave? Just to get away from…you know who. In emotionally focused therapy we might call la-la land a withdrawing, distancing or avoidant attachment strategy. Is going to la-la land healthy or unhealthy?...
