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August 2026

August 30, 2026

3 Steps to Being an Active Listener With Your Partner

During a couples counseling session, Becca, 40, and David, 41, discuss their ongoing problem with...

March 2026

March 22, 2026

4 Patterns that Can Damage the Quality of Your Marriage

We’ve all been there: embroiled in an argument with our partner, caught up in emotion,...

March 08, 2026

4 Ways to Curb Defensiveness in Marriage

In many ways, relationships are ruled by the routines partners establish for themselves. These patterns...

February 2026

February 22, 2026

10 Reasons Marriage Can Be Better The Second Time Around

How can couples avoid the pitfalls that prevent the success of a second marriage? The...

April 2025

April 13, 2025

How to Be Vulnerable and Express Your Needs

Being vulnerable means being authentic and being able to risk expressing your thoughts, feelings, and...

February 2025

February 02, 2025

6 Ways to Curb Defensiveness with Your Partner

During tough conversations, it’s helpful to choose battles wisely and to distinguish between petty issues...

October 2024

October 20, 2024

How to Handle Being Triggered and by Your Partner

Allyssa, 42, and John, 43, sat on the couch in my office for their first...

June 2024

June 23, 2024

4 Ways to Have Meaningful Conversations with Your Partner

Sydney, 39, and Tim, 40, have been attending counseling sessions for over three months and...

April 2024

April 28, 2024

4 Ways to Have Meaningful Conversations with Your Partner

Sydney, 39. And Tim, 40, have been attending counseling sessions for over three months and...

April 14, 2024

6 Ways to Promote a Happy Relationship

Karen, 42, and Kevin, 41, have been married for ten years and have fallen into...

April 06, 2024

3 Action Steps to Active Listening With Your Partner

During a couples counseling session, Becca, 40, and David, 41, discuss their ongoing problem with...

January 2024

January 28, 2024

5 Ways to Be Vulnerable and Get What Need from Your Partner

Being vulnerable means being authentic and being able to risk expressing your thoughts, feelings, and...

April 2023

April 09, 2023

How Do You Know If Your Relationship is Healthy?

Dear Terry, I’m engaged and considering getting married in a few months to a man...

March 2023

March 12, 2023

How Do I Manage Ongoing Arguments with My Spouse?

During a couples counseling session, Jenny, 42, and Sam, 43, sit on the couch in...

November 2022

November 27, 2022

The Secret to Being Heard by Your Partner

On of the most common complaints that I hear from couples in my office, especially...

October 2022

October 21, 2022

5 Steps to Not Taking Things Too Personally in Relationships

While it is natural to feel hurt when a loved one has done something wrong...

October 15, 2022

How Small Gestures Can Improve Your Marriage

Eileen, 53, and Jason, 58, have been married fifteen years and came to counseling to...

September 2022

September 25, 2022

Falling in Love Can be Easy but Staying in Love is Real Work

Bailey, 36, and Kevin, 40, sat on my couch for their couples counseling session and...

September 19, 2022

How to Stop the Pursuer-Distancer Pattern in Relationships

During a recent couples counseling session, Karen, 37, and Rob, 40, discuss their destructive pursuer-distancer...

September 11, 2022

How to Deal Effectively with Being Triggered by Your Partner

Allyssa, 37, and John, 40, sat on the couch in my office for their first...

September 04, 2022

My Spouse Never Listens- Here Are 6 Ways to Get Your Needs Met!

While it’s tempting to launch into expressing anger and to get into the attack mode...

July 2022

July 31, 2022

4 Tips for Setting Up Family Meetings

As a therapist, many parents complain to me that there is too much conflict and...

July 24, 2022

Emotional Withholding is Harmful to Marriage

We’ve long understood the pain and perils of relationships characterized by physical and emotional abuse....

July 03, 2022

3 Steps to Improve Your Listening Skills with Your Partner

During a couples counseling session, Becca, 36, and David, 38, discuss their ongoing problem with...

June 2022

June 12, 2022

4 Ways to Enhance Sensual Communication in Your Marriage

Like many of the couples I counsel, Olivia, 38, and Jason, 40, are deeply committed...

May 2022

May 21, 2022

7 Ways to Connect with Your Partner and Break the Pursuer-Distancer Pattern

During a recent couples counseling session, Karen, 37, and Rob, 40, discuss their destructive pursuer-distancer...

May 15, 2022

How to Communicate Better With Your Spouse by Using “Conscious Reflection”

During a recent couples counseling session, Tim, 38, spoke about how overwhelmed he feels when...

May 01, 2022

Don’t Take Things Too Personally in Marriage

While it is natural to feel hurt when a loved one has done something wrong...

April 2022

April 02, 2022

How to Avoid the Demand-Withdraw Pattern in Marriage

When Kelly, 42, sits on the couch in my office for a couples counseling session,...

February 2022

February 20, 2022

Intentional Listening Will Lead to Intimacy in Marriage

Hi Terry, I hope you can save my marriage. I’ve been married to Kevin for...