When your relationship works it’s amazing. Everything feels easier in life and you’re full of energy and excitement. Life is joy and pleasure and nothing can knock you down. But when your relationship isn’t at its best, it can affect almost every area of your life. Unresolved relationship issues can cause real-life struggles. You may feel … [Read more...] about 7 Signs You May Need to See a Couple Therapist
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Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships – Review
In his audiobook, Your Brain On Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships, researcher and couples therapist Stan Tatkin answers the question: Why be coupled anyway? Key takeaways In this audiobook, Tatkin talks about: what he's learned from his leading-edge work in research, the neurobiology of healthy relationships, and couples … [Read more...] about Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships – Review
10 Things I’ve Learned About Love as a Couples Therapist
When I first started providing couples therapy soon after graduation from my counselling studies, I really had little experience of how to help couples that were coming to see me. It was truly a baptism by fire because as I started to sit with couple after couple in the first year of my new career, I had to come up with something to help each … [Read more...] about 10 Things I’ve Learned About Love as a Couples Therapist
De Facto Relationships: Bohemian or Convenient?
A de facto relationship is a domestic partnership outside of marriage. You see a couple at a party and they’re obviously “together”. They’re sharing a drink from the same cup, they finish each other’s sentences, they live in the same apartment, and they look like they’d wilt if they were parted. They’re not married, and they don’t have any … [Read more...] about De Facto Relationships: Bohemian or Convenient?