The importance of alone time away from your spouse and kids Take time for you. The importance of alone time away from your spouse and kids. For some people, family is everything, which is why they spend the vast majority of their time with their spouse and children. After a while, though, some of these
How To Make My Relationship Great: Info From A Relationship Counselor in Long Beach I have been a relationship counselor, couples counselor, couples therapist..whatever you want to call it…for 15 years. In that time I have picked up some tips on what to do and what not to do from my Master’s Degree Program, from
How to Communicate More Effectively From the time we’re born, we start communicating to get our needs met. As we grow, our communication becomes more sophisticated and complex. Communicating effectively, however, is a lot more complicated than simply speaking. Effective communication seeks to convey a message in a way that it is understood as intended.
How to handle my wife who is in menopause In relationships, it is often the woman who is asked to adopt the caring, nurturing role, but a time will come when she expects that kindness to be repaid. That often happens when a woman hits menopause, but ask the average man what he is supposed
How To Handle My Husband’s Midlife Crisis In the movies, a husband in the throes of a midlife crisis will ditch his wife for a younger, prettier model, leaving his spouse to pick up the pieces after he is gone. While men do sometimes fantasize being with a younger woman when the crisis comes, it
Question: How Can I Communicate With My Partner Better? Answer: Get Your FACTS right! We don’t have many facts in life, however people argue with their partners as though they have indisputable facts that directly prove that their partner is lying or is wrong. I define a fact as something that you can physically reference
Pros and Cons of an Open Relationship If you’ve never been in, or known someone in an open relationship, it can be hard to wrap your mind around how an open relationship works, or why someone would even agree to such an arrangement. There are certainly pros and cons to being in an open relationship,
Relationship Counselor In Long Beach. Tip 7: How to Survive an Affair Infidelity can be one of the most shocking and devastating experiences that a marriage can go through. Whether your partner confessed of having an affair, or you found it through your own investigating, it often leaves you emotionally paralyzed. While infidelity is a
Is My Self-Esteem To Blame For My Relationship Problems? There are countless reasons why people seek out couple’s therapy in Long Beach, and if you have been in a troubled relationship in the past, you are probably well aware of the most common of these reasons. Infidelity, money issues, and sexual problems are pretty high
How to Stop Fighting with Your Spouse Before reading, please know that if you are in a domestic violence relationship, these suggestions can actually hurt you. Please read my blog post about domestic violence and my blog post about handling your partners anger. It is NEVER okay for your spouse to abuse you, call you
