The Relationship Table

The Relationship Table

As a couples therapist, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about what makes a relationship strong.  In some ways, there’s no easy answer to this question.  But through my professional experience (and my own as a married person), I think it can best be distilled...
The Problem with Emotional Memory

The Problem with Emotional Memory

I rarely take the stance that emotions are something to be side-stepped or disregarded.   Most of the time, I write about how we need to acknowledge and accept our emotional reality, and how we can’t move forward without making peace with our emotional truths. This...