Posts tagged couples therapy
The Benefits of Self-Pay for Therapy: Investing in Your Mental Health

Navigating the decision to seek therapy is a courageous and empowering step towards enhancing your mental health and well-being.

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Navigating the Discovery of Your Partner's Porn Addiction: Coping Strategies and the Role of Therapy

Discovering that your partner is addicted to pornography can be a challenging and emotionally tumultuous experience. It can evoke feelings of betrayal, inadequacy, and confusion, leaving you uncertain about how to navigate the situation. However, it's essential to remember that you are not alone, and there are ways to cope and seek support to move forward in a healthy manner.

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Navigating Relationship Support: Therapy vs. Coaching

In the pursuit of healthier, happier relationships, many couples seek professional guidance. However, the realm of relationship support offers two distinct avenues: couples therapy with a licensed therapist and relationship coaching with a certified relationship coach. While both aim to enhance relational dynamics, they differ significantly in approach, focus, and methodology.

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Mindful Love: Bringing Mindfulness into Your Relationship

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it's easy for couples to find themselves caught up in the chaos, inadvertently neglecting the very foundation of their relationship. The demands of work, family, and daily responsibilities can create stress and tension that, if left unaddressed, may erode the emotional connection between partners. However, there's a powerful tool that can help couples navigate these challenges and cultivate a deeper, more meaningful connection: mindfulness.

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Nurturing Relationships: The Transformative Power of Couples Therapy

In a world filled with constant change and evolving dynamics, maintaining a healthy and fulfilling relationship can be a challenging endeavor. Couples often find themselves grappling with communication issues, unresolved conflicts, and the stresses of everyday life. This is where couples therapy emerges as a powerful tool, offering a safe space for partners to explore, understand, and enhance their connection.

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Age is just a number when it comes to Mental Health: Embrace the benefits of working with a young therapist

In the realm of mental health, finding the right therapist is a crucial step toward personal growth and well-being. While many may be inclined to seek guidance from a therapist with years of experience, there's a growing recognition of the valuable insights and benefits that come with working with a young therapist. Age, it turns out, is just a number when it comes to the powerful connection and transformative experiences that can be fostered in the therapist-client relationship.

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Explained: How to Deal with A Selfish Partner

Romantic relationships involve a dance of giving and receiving. However, if you feel you’re being taken for granted by a selfish partner, you may be wondering how to cope with that imbalance.

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The Power of Self-Compassion: A Key Ingredient for Being a Good Partner

In the realm of relationships, we often focus on how we can be good partners to our loved ones. However, an important but often overlooked aspect of being a good partner is cultivating self-compassion. Self-compassion involves treating ourselves with kindness, understanding, and acceptance, especially in times of struggle or failure.

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Navigating the Empty Nest

As a parent, watching your children leave for college can be both exciting and emotional. It’s a time of transition that marks the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. While you’re proud of your children and excited for their new journey, you may also feel anxious about your own transition into an empty nest. Preparing for this change can be challenging, but there are steps you can take to make the transition as smooth as possible.

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Everything you need to know about the 5 Erotic Blueprints this Valentines Day

In relationships, committed love and erotic desire are two very different things. If you ask your partner what committed love is, they could give you an answer. But, if asked what erotic desire is, what would they say? As therapists, we often see couples who have neglected the eroticism in their relationships, redirecting it or shutting it down altogether. We are given many models of committed love in our lives, but when looking for that “spark” to heat things up we often miss the mark.

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10 Romantic Winter Dates for couples in the Triangle

The winter months can be a stressful time with the holidays, end of year wrap ups at work and school, and just generally being cooped up inside more. During this high stress period, it’s even more important to be conscious about spending some quality time with your partner. Below, you’ll find a list of 10 date ideas that embrace this time of year and promote connection with your special someone. Whether you like to stay home and warm or would rather have a little adventure, these are sure to create lasting memories together!

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The importance of mindfulness during the Holiday season

On top of your already busy life, you have holiday-related tasks to attend to. Thus, leaving you with so much to do and so little time to do it.

You may have noticed your stress level rising. You may have also become irritable, and you’re snapping at the people around you. Or, you’ve lost sleep worrying about everything that has to get done before the holidays arrive.

Regardless, you’re overwhelmed and are pushed to your limit. You need to do something fast to offset your holiday stress.

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Four Simple Tips for Newlyweds

Now that you’ve tied the knot, are you feeling curious about what the first year of marriage will be like? During this time, you and your spouse will be setting the foundation for the coming years of your life together. We recommend you take this time to properly blend your individual lifestyles together and learn how to live and navigate life as a cohesive team.

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