carpenter couple & family counseling, pllc

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

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

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

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

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.?...

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...

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,...

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

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

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