Articles about Relationship Issues

Counseling as a professional practice developed in the Western world in the 1800s. However, asking for guidance and advice from...

Counseling is one way to pursue personal and relational growth in a focused, structured and supported way. It’s not unlike...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Although we have made great strides in making mental health care more accessible...

Perhaps you’re considering pursuing counseling, but you’re not quite sure if it’s worth it. You’re not sure if it’s...

My last article introduced the effort to notice patterns and clues that a conversation has turned crucial, and especially to...

“Love is multi-faceted. It is like a diamond with many surfaces yet one display of beauty. In a similar way,...

A couple’s sexual relationship often has struggles that drive you to grow and learn new things, about yourself, your anxieties,...

In his book, Codependence: Healing the Human Condition, Charles L. Whitfield calls codependence a “disease of lost selfhood.” He says...

If you and your spouse are a Christian couple, no matter how young or old you are, there is something...

In my last article, I discussed the concept of making your desires clear in a crucial conversation with your partner,...

Childhood sexual abuse takes many forms. For this reason, it is sometimes hard to identify. In 1992, Kathleen Ratican described...

In my last article on Crucial Conversations in Couples Therapy, I explained how to notice when motives have shifted from...