Blogs and Articles
What To Do About Decreased Libido
Quiz: Do We Really Need Premarital Counseling?
How to Validate Your Partner's Emotions (Instead of Getting Defensive)
Humans want to feel seen, heard, and understood - this means feeling that we have support and comfort in times of emotional distress. But how can we show up and be attuned to our partner’s emotions?
Understanding Where You & Your Partner Get Stuck in Conflict
Three Tips for Choosing a Premarital Therapist
What To Expect From Your First Therapy Session
Are The Five Love Languages Real?: A Couples Therapist’s Take on The Popular Book
5 Steps to Improve Emotional Regulation
Improve emotional regulation with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy.
4 Strategies for De-Escalating Conflict with Your Partner
Quiz: How Healthy is Your Relationship?
A.R.E.: The Three Keys to a Thriving Relationship
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps you create a relationship that is Accessible, Responsive, and Engaged, so the answer to ”A.R.E. you there for me?” is “Yes!”
9 Topics to Discuss Before Marriage: Personality, Sex, and Kids (Part III)
9 Topics to Discuss with Your Partner Before Marriage: Finances, Chores, and Stress (Part II)
9 Topics to Discuss with Your Partner Before Getting Married: Family, Identity, and Spirituality (Part I)
Learn about the nine conversations to have before getting married and how to successfully have these conversations from a licensed couples therapist.
The Connection between Attachment, Depression, and Anxiety
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy treats depression and anxiety from an attachment-oriented, evidence-based perspective.
When Household Work Feels Unequal: Improving Gender Equality at Home Part II
When Housework Feels Unequal: Improving Gender Equality at Home Part I
The Melting Point of H20 and Couples Therapy
Reframing “stuckness” in couples therapy
The Case for Attending Therapy Regularly
It’s something that most people wonder about when contemplating starting therapy: how often will I go? Different schools of therapy have different ideas about frequency and length of treatment, and I’m not here to tell you that there is one right way to do it. However, I am going to make a case for the benefits of going to therapy regularly, at a regularly scheduled time.
Telehealth and COVID-19
The current global health pandemic caused by Covid-19 (aka the Coronavirus) has turned so much of life as we know it on its head. While we know from experts that limiting the number of people that we come in close contact with helps keep us and others safe, as relational beings with an innate longing for closeness and connection, this can be very painful, lonely, and frustrating.