Relationships are complicated. Even the healthiest couples can encounter rough patches that seem insurmountable. When communication breaks down and you've lost your intimacy and emotional connection, it's easy to feel hopeless about the future of your relationship. But there is…
We’re all dealing with the uncertainty that comes along with these COVID-19 times. One thing that hasn’t changed, how important your relationship is to you. Are you feeling extra stressed, finding yourself spending too much time together, or just need…
Mental Health Workouts Imagine...Your phone vibrates intensely, as your work alarm screams for your attention to remind you that you overslept again. You turn it off and sit up in your bed to process the long day ahead of you…
It’s midnight. You have a paper due first thing in the morning and your page is... still blank. You look across the room and notice a large bag of chips that seem like the perfect antidote to your writer’s…
Handling the Adolescent Transition Adolescence is a period of change every child, age 13 through 19, experiences at some point. Handling the adolescent transition is difficult for both parents and child. Teens must deal with issues of internal changes such…
There’s an old argument about whether a person’s actions, behaviors, and personality are derived from their biology and genes or the environment in which they grew up in: nature versus nurture. In the context of family therapy, we’re more concerned…
Divorce is, unfortunately, not uncommon in America today. Young children can be unaware of what’s going on around them or unable to process what’s happening until the separation is final. Parents frequently ask how divorce affects children and how they…
College Transitions For Parents The move to college doesn’t just affect the child; parents often feel the reverberations of this new life experience, and the relationship between parent and child shifts and usually gets redefined. The teenager is exploring a…
The trending topic on relationships this past year has been micro cheating. A relatively new term, coined by Psychologist Melanie Shilling in 2017, it's a talking point for many couples. In this post, we’ll talk about the definition, examples, and…
College Transitions can affect both parents and children. For the student, it’s tough to adapt to a new setting, new schedule, new people, and new life. It’s a complicated and delicate balance to attain. The good news is that there…