Signs It’s Time to Seek Couples Counseling
Nobody wants to admit that it may be time to seek a third party to help within your relationship, but recognizing when it’s time to seek...
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Oct 275 min read
Attachment Theory and the Benefits Within Therapy
Attachment theory can be a powerful framework for helping individuals and couples to understand how early relationships with caregivers...
Oct 244 min read
The Weight-Bearing Walls of Trust and Commitment
We have been through all seven floors of the Sound Relationship House (the concept introduced by the Gottmans), but what we haven’t...
Sep 166 min read
Conflict Resolution Techniques
Practical Approaches to Resolving Conflicts in Relationships Conflict is inevitable. Even in the healthiest relationship you can think...
Sep 44 min read
Dealing with Infidelity
How to navigate the aftermath of infidelity and steps towards healing and rebuilding trust. Infidelity is not an easy or fun topic to...
Aug 305 min read
Understanding Love Languages:
An overview of the 5 love languages and how understanding them can help enhance relationships. Most people have heard of or have a brief...
Aug 275 min read
Blended Families: Challenges and Solutions
Blended families are family units just like any other families, but ones that come with a few more challenges. Blended families are...
Aug 176 min read
Balancing Work and Family Life
It can be incredibly challenging to find a balance between work and family life. Whether you have young children, are a dual-career...
Aug 135 min read
Create Shared Meaning Together: Rituals of Connection
You did it! You and your partner made it through the steps of the Sound Relationship House, all the way to the top. When we get to the...
Aug 63 min read
Making Life Dreams Come True
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to the 6th floor of the Sound Relationship House. While we are not at the very...
Jul 253 min read
Coping with Life Transitions: A Therapist’s Perspective
Families go through numerous life transitions, each bringing its own unique set of challenges and opportunities for growth. Families deal...
Jul 114 min read
Laughing Together: The Therapeutic Power of Humor in Relationships
Humor is an important factor in all aspects of life. It is something that can make someone’s mood instantly better, it’s something that...
Jun 184 min read
Managing Conflict: Importance of Individual Self-Soothing
Now that we’ve tried to work on accepting one another’s influence within the relationship and helped manage conflict by identifying and...
Jun 134 min read
Managing Conflict: Solvable vs. Perpetual
Continuing on the 5th floor of Gottman’s Sound Relationship House, we are still focusing on managing conflict. A major part of that is...
Jun 114 min read
Accepting Your Partner’s Influence
We are moving onto the 5th floor of the Sound Relationship House: Managing Conflict, which actually is composed of multiple parts. In...
Apr 204 min read
Are You Worrying About Things Outside of Your Control?
The answer to the question in the title has probably been yes at some point in your life. It could be said that most people probably at...
Apr 44 min read
Increasing Intimacy Within Your Relationship
Intimacy is important in any relationship; it’s also something that requires people to be vulnerable with one another and “to allow...
Mar 214 min read
The Positive Perspective
If you’ve been following along in this series of blogs focusing on the Sound Relationship House founded by Drs. John and Julie Gottman,...
Jan 265 min read
Couples’ Vision Boarding: Designing a Shared Future
Whether you are in a new relationship or have been together for years, it is crucial to talk about your future. The future involves both...
Jan 213 min read
The Power of Turning Towards
Turning Towards is the third level in the Gottman’s Sound Relationship House, after focusing on building love maps and showing and...
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