by shana | Jan 6, 2017 | couple therapy, couples therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, intimacy, Relationship Counseling
Is The Honeymoon Phony? The honeymoon typically lasts about 30 months. Researches speculate that during that time, couple have elevated Nerve Growth Factor (NGF). What does more NGF mean? All the typical stuff. Floating on air, lovey giggling...
by shana | Dec 9, 2016 | Breaking up, divorce, Relationship Counseling
Is the itch real? Research isn’t consistent, and it’s been called the 3, 7 10 and 12 year itch. Looking at the different studies a few significant things stand out. Early Marriage Years are the most vulnerable Most divorces happen within the first 7 years...
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 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...
by shana | Jun 10, 2016 | Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, How to Stop Fighting, Relationship Counseling
“It’s not hard to push a person away. The real work is to draw him close and uplift him.”- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) who is regarding as a Jewish mystic said this. And this is why we have Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy… Have you...
