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Individual Goals, Relationship Goals, and Shared Meaning
In my years of experience counseling couples to strengthen healthy relationships and heal troubled ones, I have found that it is very helpful for couples to have both individual and relationship goals. But an even deeper need is for a … Continue reading
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Navigating Holiday Stress as a Couple
As much as the winter holidays are supposed to be a time of festivities and family fun, they are also a source of stress for many people. Plan now to work together as a couple to diffuse that stress and … Continue reading
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Tagged couples counseling, holiday stress, surviving the holiday season
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How to Offer an Effective Apology
No one is perfect, and sometimes you’re going to make mistakes that hurt others. When you offend your spouse or partner, you’ve hurt one of the most important people in your life. An apology is in order, but many people … Continue reading
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How to Nurture Better Relationships Between Parents and Adult Children
As we grow up, we develop patterns of behavior in our interactions with our parents. No parents are perfect, and no children are perfect. We all have traits, both positive and negative, that have interacted and sometimes been in conflict … Continue reading
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Tagged counseling, family counseling, family relationships, parent-child relationships, parenting
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How to Heal Your Relationship
Are you and your spouse at odds and unhappy, but want to stay together? Make 2024 your year to address these issues and find loving, mutually supportive solutions. As a psychotherapist in New York City working with couples, I have … Continue reading
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Tagged healing relationships, improving your marriage, improving your relationship, marriage problems, relationship problems
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Is Your Marriage Stuck in a Rut? How to Get the Momentum Back
It is common for a couple to find themselves falling into life routines that cause a sense of boredom and monotony in their marriage. The day-in-day-out sameness of modern life seems to suck the joy out of the relationship and … Continue reading
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Tagged improving your marriage, marriage counseling, marriage problems
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Nothing in Common with Your Spouse?
So you’ve been married for a while and you realize you have no interests in common. You’re only talking about the kids or work or what needs to be done around the house. While this might seem distressing when you … Continue reading
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Tagged marriage advice, marriage problems, reigniting your marriage, spouses growing apart
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Giving Space in Your Marriage
Here in the city that never sleeps (and when we do it is often in a small apartment), your marriage may feel a little cramped and in need of some breathing room. While you may love to spend time with … Continue reading
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Tagged creating space in your marriage, healthy marriage, marriage problems
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How to Make a Happier Marriage
Every marriage has its ups and downs. You hold on during the down times in anticipation of the up times to come. But the ups often need a little encouragement, because negative emotions can easily get stuck in us and … Continue reading
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When You Don’t Agree
It’s normal and healthy for you and your spouse or partner to have different views and disagreements. After all, you’re individuals. Differences can often fill in gaps in each other’s nature. This is why we often hear the old adage … Continue reading
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Tagged couples' arguments, healthy relationships, resolving arguments, resolving differences
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