Arguments are a normal part of healthy relationships, including the ones that are intensely emotional. When they become disrespectful, however it’s time to take a break. This can be a really important strategy for maintaining our cool and keeping an eye on solving the problem. Sometimes taking a … [Read more...]
Don’t Threaten Divorce in Your Marriage
Do you ever get mad at your spouse and threaten to leave or divorce them? If so, that needs to stop right now. You are doing more harm than you realize. Take a step back and do two things. First, apologize to your spouse for using that as a weapon. Second, commit to never doing it again. Unless you … [Read more...]
Five Things to Consider When Choosing a Therapist
You have made the decision to go to therapy. How do you choose a therapist? You can find names on the internet or your insurance provider list and they all have an alphabet soup behind their names. The choices can be overwhelming, especially because you are going to be sharing intimate, personal … [Read more...]
Forgiveness Part III: How Do I Forgive?
If you have read Part I and Part II in this series, you may be asking how you can begin working towards forgiveness. In this final post, we will look at how to forgive. The effectiveness of these ideas is supported by clinical research on a wide variety of populations, including men, women, seniors, … [Read more...]
Forgiveness Part II: Emotional and Physical Benefits
In Part One of this three-part series, we explored what forgiveness means. In doing so, we also cleared up some misconceptions about forgiveness as well as separated it from reconciliation. Now that we have identified what it means, let’s explore the number of potential benefits to … [Read more...]