June 2, 2025
SHOULD I STAY OR LEAVE?
SHOULD I STAY OR LEAVE? As a couples therapist, I often work with partners who are committed to doing the work of repairing and deepening...
May 31, 2025
DEFENSIVENESS IS WORSE THAN YOU THINK
7 Types of Defensiveness in Relationships (and What to Do Instead) By Gina Watson, LMFT-S What is defensiveness in a relationship, and why is it...
January 13, 2018
SKEPTICAL ABOUT THERAPY? READ THIS.
conflict, couples, divorce, kids and marriage, marriage, marriage counselor, parenting and marriage, therapy
By Courtney Miller, MA, LPC I get it, you don’t want to come. Don’t worry, you’re not alone, this is a common predicament that couples’...
April 21, 2016
Early Detection Saves Marriages
I’m in lovely St. Charles, Illinois today learning from a master therapist, Dr. Brent Atkinson. He is a professor, researcher, author and couples therapist who...
November 11, 2015
How to Keep your Wife
Dear Complacent Husband,
Imagine that you purchase your dream car at age 28 but are told that you have to drive it for 50 years. Period. No buts. Driving any other car in this lifetime is non-negotiable. This is your dream car and the thought of it is so intoxicating you don’t think about the distant future.
You decide ...
October 21, 2015
5 Mistakes that Doom Second Marriages
Marriage is a serious challenge when only two people are involved. Add children from a previous marriage, ex-spouses and other family members and you’ve got a marriage full of landmines just waiting to explode. But we’re romantics and we love love
October 10, 2015
What Couples Just Don’t Get
Those of us that check the “married” box often hear the refrain, “Marriage is hard work”. But not many people can tell you what that means. Why is it hard work?