If you have found yourself in a troubled relationship, there is a very good chance you grew up with parents who argued and fought often. Your household was most likely filled with the sounds of angry voices, raised in an attempt to be heard or to simply drown out the other person. This means you […]

In my time as a marriage counselor, there is probably one statement I have heard more than any other, and that is, “I just don’t think I will ever get over this.” This statement is often said by my clients who have recently learned their spouse has had an affair. The second most common phrase […]

The institution of marriage as we know it is rapidly deteriorating. Our society has invented a new jargon for the sacred union between two people. In this society dating means being physically intimate. “Hanging out” is what we old people used to call dating. Chilling means sitting around and doing absolutely nothing all day. Monogamy […]

In my couple’s intake survey, I have new clients rate their partnership satisfaction from Very Dissatisfied to Very Satisfied and everything in between. Invariably, I see a lot of couples who are extremely dissatisfied with closeness, attention, arguments and respect for each other, but the sex is good! This tells me some very important and […]

I am. And I want to tell you how I get past it. The couples I see in counseling sessions argue over the smallest, minute things and then it escalates into misunderstandings and holding on to resentments. Then they pay me to tell them what I’m going to tell you. Couples and individuals take life […]

Addiction Counselors and entrepreneurs working alone may suffer from intellectual loneliness. Intellectual loneliness is a term I coined to represent the lonely feeling a person feels when there is no intellectual stimulation; no one to bounce ideas off of, or simply to have an intellectual discussion with someone with shared interests and passions. I mean […]