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June 13, 2024

Annual Relationship Checkup: Nurturing Your Romantic Connection

Just like annual physicals, regular checkups are essential for healthy relationships. Discover your strengths and areas for improvement with a quick couple assessment. Follow tips for productive conversations to enhance your bond. For more guidance, contact us.

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May 17, 2024

Common Mistakes Made When Remarrying

Common sense suggests that someone who remarries is older, wiser, more mature, has learned from their mistakes, and knows better what they want and need in a partner. Therefore, the divorce rate for second marriages would be expected to be substantially lower than the rate for first marriages, but despite our commonsense expectations, the divorce rate for subsequent marriages is, in fact, significantly higher than that of first marriages—65%, nearly two out of three!

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May 19, 2023

My Experience and Advice for Women Navigating the Different Phases of Life and Career

Life is not linear, your career path isn't either. There are moments of 'plateau' and that's OK, so how do you navigate the different phases in your career?

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May 19, 2023

The 5 Most Common Reasons Women Seek Therapy

It would be more helpful to think about our life as a juggling act. Which role are we using now? mother, worker, friend, etc. and allow our essence to be about who and what we truly are: what do we value about ourselves and our world. Are you loyal? Kind? Hardworking? Focusing on what resonates with us may help us to create the time and space to develop these further, this in turn can increase our overall life satisfaction.

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April 15, 2023

A Case of a Successful Relationship and a Blended Family

A client came in complaining of her husband's inability to set boundaries with his ex-wife and his kids. She wanted to create their own family without his past getting in the way.

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March 26, 2023

This Is What Men Want in a Relationship

Times are evolving for men. The stereotypes of men from the past: strong, silent types are shifting. More men are interested in engaging with their partners in meaningful ways and are more open to assuming and thriving in non-traditional roles.

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March 12, 2023

Do Both Parties Have to Come in For Successful Couples Therapy?

Through unpacking her own childhood and her parent’s divorce, she was able to recognize the fear of rejection and failure that seemed to steer her within her relationship.

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February 18, 2023

Here's What Women Want In a Relationship

The truth is that it’s not as complicated as some might make it seem. Men and women’s desires in a relationship can be different and understanding this is helpful in navigating a relationship. Generally, men tend to be visual in their desires, while women tend to be auditory, meaning they not only want to see the qualities they desire, but they want to hear them.