Category: Couples Counseling

Can Couples Counseling Help If Only One Person Wants to Go?

Can Couples Counseling Help If Only One Person Wants to Go?

You’ve been thinking about couples counseling for a while. Perhaps you’ve even brought it up several times. But your partner isn’t interested. Maybe they insist nothing is wrong. Perhaps they believe counseling is unnecessary, or they’re afraid...
Why Do I Keep Choosing Emotionally Unavailable People?

Why Do I Keep Choosing Emotionally Unavailable People?

Maybe you’ve noticed a pattern. At first, the relationship feels promising. There’s chemistry. Interest. Maybe even an unusually strong connection. But eventually, something changes—or perhaps you begin to see what was there all along. The other person has difficulty...
Are You Teaching People It’s Ok to Mistreat You?

Are You Teaching People It’s Ok to Mistreat You?

How the Things We Accept Can Shape Our Relationships—and What Happens When We Begin to Change Someone makes a hurtful remark anf you laugh it off. A friend cancels plans at the last minute. Again.  \You tell them it’s okay, even though you’re disappointed....
Why Can’t I Say No?

Why Can’t I Say No?

Could Your People-Pleasing Be a Way of Earning Love and Acceptance? Someone asks you to do something. You don’t want to do it. You’re already exhausted, your schedule is full, and you know that taking on one more responsibility is going to cost you. But...
Do I Need Therapy—or Am I Just Going Through a Rough Patch?

Do I Need Therapy—or Am I Just Going Through a Rough Patch?

Everybody has rough patches. Sometimes life is simply hard. A relationship is strained. Work becomes overwhelming. Someone you love is struggling. You’re grieving a loss, facing a major change, or carrying more responsibilities than usual. You may not feel like...