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Some Questions to Help Build Emotional Intimacy

One of the best ways to continue building emotional intimacy in a relationship is for partners to continue to learn about each other as t...

Thinking Systemically

As a couple and family therapist, I have been trained to think systemically and look at situations and relationships through a systemic l...

Why Does Therapy Work?

If you’ve ever wondered why or how therapy works and helps people make positive change, or if you're considering beginning therapy but ar...

Primary vs. Secondary Emotions

You may have heard the phrase “anger is a secondary emotion”, but what does that mean? To understand this phrase, let me first describe t...

Getting to Know Your Partner’s Inner World

How well do you know the inner world of your partner or spouse? Do you know how they think about things, their fears, dreams, etc.? Accor...

The Art of Asking Good Questions

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being a therapist and teacher, it’s that a good question has the potential to change the whole cou...

Self-Compassion in Current Times

As we all continue on this journey of navigating a pandemic, I continue to see people be hard on themselves for not being as productive, ...

Setting Boundaries While Social Distancing

As many of us are currently social distancing, you are probably spending much more time at home and less time actually out interacting an...

The Three Levels of Communication

When you hear the word “communication”, you probably think about talking. But communication includes so much more: body language, tone of...

How Self-Differentiated Are You?

One of the masters of family therapy, Murray Bowen, created the concept of differentiation of self, which is defined as “the ability to b...

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