Category: Couples Counseling

Dating your spouse

Couples therapy has helped my husband and I make great improvements in the quality of our marriage. We’re communicating better, compromising, and feeling hopeful again about our future. One of our recurring “homework” assignments is date night–do you have any suggestions for making the most of our dinner dates? Wahoo!! Major kudos!! You two sure must

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The Four Horsemen

My spouse and I aren’t treating each other very well lately and I think it has to do with how we talk to one another. Neither of us feel good after a “talk” and it’s not very loving. Can you help us understand what’s going on, and teach us how to fix it? Geeze, this is

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Giving up anger

Even though we’ve been to a few couples counseling sessions and have begun to better understand our relationship problems, I still feel so angry with my partner. I know I need to work on giving up anger, but it feels so hard to do.  You’re right– giving up anger is hard to do. Anger is a powerful

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Betrayal and Trust

My wife cares more about her mother’s opinion than mine. Even though we’ve been married for five years, she still involves her mother in decisions that I think should be between us, like our finances or how we take care of our baby girl. It’s like she’s on Team Mom instead of Team Marriage. There

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A healthy communication strategy

My girlfriend is lazy and when she gets home from work she never helps with dinner or cleaning up. But when I tell her to help me, all she gets is defensive and we only end up in an argument. Is there a healthy communication strategy that will help us? I can tell you’re frustrated with your partner’s behavior,

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