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Parents may be concerned with the amount of screen time their child is engaging in with summer upon us and school structure gone....

However, there’s a time when silence does more harm than good in your relationship. I get it, there is a balance that is sometimes hard...

Working with couples has familiarized me with what resentment looks like, sounds like, and its effects. It creeps in like a dark cloud...

As teens, it is 100% normal to want to avoid- if at all possible- talking to your parents!  However, it’s important to create and...

There are 8 basic parts of communication: sender, encoding, the actual message, channel, decoding, receiver, noise, and feedback. Each...

Dr. Gottman, one of the most renowned researchers in marriage and divorce, noticed that one thing that affects whether or not a couple...

PSA:  It is PAST time to be having conversations about suicide with our children!  According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, we...

You’re are at a point in your life where you realize you need help. Things are out of control, you’ve lost your happiness and life just...

‘Hypothetical’ conversation: Me: So, you’re thinking about getting married? Person: Yes! They are the one! Me: How do you know they’re...

Monitoring Your Kids Phone I’m sure it’s difficult to be a parent. You do your best to enforce rules and raise respectful kids, just to...

For this blog I want to talk to the men, my apologies to the women, please feel free to pass along the info in this blog to the important...

Music is a Bridge It can move your soul, build memories, create connections with others. It is a universal experience for all humans. We...

Is your marriage lacking intimacy? Has the affection gone from your relationship? As a marriage therapist, this is one of the primary...

Parenting is the most challenging job there is.  No debates necessary. The stakes are high. Effective parents set out to rear productive,...

The practice of play therapy dates back to the early 1900’s.  Almost every theoretical orientation such as Adlerian, Jungian, Gestalt,...

The game of love is tough. Two different players, with different strengths and different skill sets. In a relationship, sometimes it can...

How many different parenting styles do you think a Google search can come up with?  There seems to be four styles most talked about:...

There’s a hilarious video that’s been floating around YouTube for a number of years now.  It’s titled, “It’s Not About the Nail” and it’s...

In my most recent blog, I discussed what boundaries are and shared some examples of different types.  In this blog, I would like to...

Raise your hand if you’ve ever read a marriage help book. (I have.) You know the ones – The Five Love Languages, His Needs Her Needs,...