HOW EVEN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS CAN EVENTUALLY FAIL December 31, 2013 Relationships fail when couples have more negative interactions than positive ones. I see many couples who come to counseling because they feel distant and lonely. They describe their marriage as...
WHEN YOUR SPOUSE WANTS A DIVORCE AND YOU DON’T!PART 2: AN INTERVIEW October 16, 2013 There has been such a tremendous response to my original post, When Your Spouse Wants a Divorce and You Don’t that I decided to do a follow up. Just about every day, someone will ask...
WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT LOVE FROM MY 401K October 15, 2013 There are two things I have worked at most of my adult life. One is my marriage and the other is saving for retirement. I value my marriage over my money but for years, I knew more about how to invest wisely...
WHY WOMEN CHOOSE DIVORCE July 5, 2013 Two-thirds of the divorces in our country are filed by women. When I became a marriage counselor, I was told that women want therapy and will drag their husbands in with them. That has not been my experience. Many of the calls...
Is My Partner Controlling? June 9, 2013 Being in a relationship with someone who is controlling can be very difficult. Most of us have seen someone who was with a “control freak” and we wondered how they got themselves in that situation and why they put up with it....