Divorce isn't easy for anyone, but children can take it particularly hard. Many children don't understand what is happening and many more feel the divorce is somehow their fault. Helping kids cope with divorce may just be the most important part of getting divorced...
Most people come to couples therapy with good intentions. Sadly though, they often still fall into the usual traps of marriage counseling and set themselves up for failure. Bickering, interrupting, contempt, resentment and so on. So how do you avoid all this nonsense?...
Divorce can be a difficult and emotionally tumultuous experience for both men and women. While the media often focuses on the negative impacts of divorce on women, men also experience a range of challenges and emotions during and after the divorce process. In this...
As a couples therapist, I sometimes get a front row seat to relationship miracles. Well, not miracles, but you get it. The fact is “fixing" a relationship takes work. Real work. Not the "just show up once a week and complain about your partner" type of work. If...
Parenting is one of the toughest jobs in the world - if not the toughest. And unless I missed something, kids don't come with operating instructions. Which would be great if it they did and it outlined what parents should know about drug use with teens. Most parents...
How to teach kids mindfulness might sound like an oxymoron, but you might be surprised to learn than children as young as 2 years old can learn mindfulness techniques! You might even be asking yourself, how is it that when they WANT to, (like playing video games or...
Raising a teenager can be one of the most challenging experiences a parent will go through. But parenting an angry teen can take things to a whole new level. Teenagers are in an awkward transitional stage. They're dealing with hormonal changes that are out of their...
Dating can be challenging for most everyone. But if you're struggling with depression, dating with depression can feel overwhelming and downright terrifying. Not only do you likely feel particularly raw and vulnerable to rejection, but if you are able to connect with...
Likely when you first fell in love with your partner there was very little they could do that would annoy you. You probably weren't reading articles about 'signs you need couples therapy.' You probably never imagined that something as innocuous as how they load the...