Making Goals from the Inside Out
Making Goals from the Inside Out It's pretty common when people come into therapy that there is a struggle for clients to identify what their goals are. Whether it's goals for therapy or life goals ...
Betrayal and Trauma and Getting Vulnerable Again
Betrayal and Trauma and Getting Vulnerable Again A natural response to trauma is focusing on keeping yourself safe. Identifying safety is a natural part of the healing process. However, one of the mo ...
What is Sex Therapy?
What is Sex Therapy? Sex therapy can be surprisingly confusing to people. Why exactly would people seek the help of mental health professionals for help with their sexual problems? Many of the sex ...
Rebuilding Connection after Betrayal
Rebuilding Connection after Betrayal After a betrayal occurs in a relationship, it can feel impossible to reconnect. Many relationships and couples who have this experience come to realize that they ...
Coping with Pressure to Overcome Sexual Avoidance
Coping with Pressure to Overcome Sexual Avoidance When I'm working with people in sex therapy who are dealing with sexual avoidance, there is often a lot of pressure to enter back into a sexual ar ...
What is a Solid Relationship Foundation?
What is a Solid Relationship Foundation? It doesn't matter if a relationship is struggling with communication, sex, passion, or anything else. No matter what issue a relationship is dealing with, the ...
Understanding “The Four Horsemen” and the Relationship Problems They Cause
Understanding “The Four Horsemen” and the Relationship Problems They Cause No relationship is perfect. Different personalities come into play. Arguments happen. Things go up and down. But, conflicts ...
3 Reasons Why People Have a Fear of Relationships
3 Reasons Why People Have a Fear of Relationships Plenty of jokes and stereotypes circulate about having a fear of commitment, or even a fear of love. The truth is, though, that many of those stereot ...
7 Subtle Signs of a Toxic Relationship
7 Subtle Signs of a Toxic Relationship It’s usually easy to spot major red flags in a relationship. Either you’ll see them yourself, or someone else might point them out to you. But what about sub ...
After an Affair: 3 Tips on How to Increase Trust
After an Affair: 3 Tips on How to Increase Trust Finding out your partner has been having an affair can be the most crushing thing you’ll ever experience in your relationship. In an instant, trust is ...