If your marriage has been struggling since having kids, you are not alone. Marriage after having kids is tough! Coping with the day to day chaos of marriage and motherhood is a lot. On any given day, both you and your husband can feel over-tired, over-worked, and under-appreciated. You're lonely but avoid intimacy. You long [...]
Hey Mama, does this sound familiar? You’ve just finished breastfeeding for the 5th time today. You’re exhausted and covered in spit up. You just want to take a shower and crawl into bed when suddenly he reaches out to you. Maybe he caresses your back sweetly, gropes your butt intensely, or makes a “teenage-like” comment [...]
Do you have questions about couples counseling? Have you ever wondered if you need couples counseling? The truth is that all couples need couples counseling. Relationships are hard and every relationship, at one time or another, would benefit from and probably needs couples counseling. Whether the relationship is struggling because of a specific problem in [...]
The most common complaint I hear from couples with young children is that there is no time in their busy lives for nurturing the marital relationship. Although most couples enter counseling with the hope of working on their marriage and aim to spend more time together as a couple, the truth is that good intentions [...]
When you’re in a relationship, it’s easy to get in the habit of focusing on the negative. We all have expectations for our life and relationship and when we feel like those expectations aren’t being met we can begin to fixate on them. We may start to nag our partner, complain that they aren’t doing [...]
Relationships can be fantastic. Knowing that you have someone to turn to, someone who cares about you, someone to snuggle up with can be an amazing feeling. In fact, research continually finds that individuals in secure, committed relationships tend to be happier, more successful, and more likely to reach personal goals. But what happens when [...]
Divorce is never easy. Ending a relationship with the person you’ve committed your life to, is an extremely difficult decision. You and your spouse have a life together. You’ve made memories together, built a home together, created and raised children together, supported one another through many ups and downs, and so much more. You’re [...]
An open-ended question encourages a meaningful, complete response. It is a communication technique used to gain deeper access into a person’s thoughts and feelings. When utilized correctly, open-ended questions can strengthen a relationship, help us understand a person’s point of view, needs, and feelings, increase empathy, and assess if someone is a good fit for [...]
All relationships ebb and flow. Sometimes couples can be completely aligned and emotionally in tune with one another, and other times a great deal of distance can exist between them. This natural rhythm of distance and closeness is not something to worry about if you’re usually able to recognize the pattern and work through [...]
Do you ever wonder if you’re in an unhealthy relationship? This is a common concern that I address with many clients in my private practice. Often successful, vibrant, interesting men and women report feeling unhappy in their relationship and worried that things have taken a turn for the worse. They share that they don't feel [...]
