carpenter couple & family counseling, pllc

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.?...

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

Relationships between partners/spouses take work in order for the relationship to continue building and growing. According to Dr. John...

If you have made the brave decision to begin the process of therapy, one of the hardest parts of the process can be finding a...

Starting anything new can be a little scary, including going to therapy. It may even be a little scarier if you are going to therapy with...

As a family therapist, I am interested in learning how the relationships in one’s life impact who they are, both in and outside of other...

I know what you’re probably thinking: that timeouts are for children who are throwing a tantrum. But believe it or not, the premise of...

As a couples therapist, one of the things I hear couples say the most is that their goal is to never argue. It is so often that our idea...