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How to Keep Intimacy Alive After the Children Arrive
One of the primary obstacles couples attempt to overcome in therapy is feeling emotionally disconnected. Life tends to get in the way, with careers, kids, home upkeep, and family activities ... Read More
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Parenting While Depressed: 10 Things to Remember
Parenting is difficult enough when you feel fantastic, but when you’re struggling with depression, it can seem downright impossible. It need not be so, though. Experiencing depression ... Read More
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Idealize, Devalue, Discard: The Dizzying Cycle of Narcissism
The relationship cycle typical of extreme narcissistic abuse generally follows a pattern. Individuals in emotionally abusive relationships experience a dizzying whirlwind that includes ... Read More
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4 Ways a Breakup or Divorce Can Affect a Couple’s Friends
Most breakups are painful—not just for the couple, but also for those standing in the surrounding blast zone. We often hear about how divorce can affect the immediate family, but we rarely ... Read More
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Not Just for Borderline Personality
Marsha Linehan’s groundbreaking introduction of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) through her 1993 treatment and skills training manuals has brought effective therapy to many people ... Read More
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Insidious Oppression: 10 Common Racial Microaggressions
As we covered in last month’s article on microaggressions, they are often subtle, racial insults by well-intentioned people. And they’re experienced by people of color on a regular, ... Read More
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The Shameful Fallout of Parental Rejection for LGBT Kids
The foster care system has a disproportionate number of LGBT youth in its care—the result of so many being abandoned by their parents. This often happens at a time when children most ... Read More
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8 Psychological Tips for Being More Confident
Confidence is something we all struggle with from time to time. We want to feel sure of ourselves, but those little whispers of self-doubt show up whenever we want to put ourselves out ... Read More
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Why Change Is So Hard: The Power of Habit in the Human Brain
Have you ever tried to shed an old, troublesome habit? Ever made a New Year’s resolution you couldn’t keep? If so, welcome to the human race. And welcome to your brain. We Are Creatures ... Read More
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Absent Fathers and the Implications for a Child’s Well-Being
The absence of fathers in the lives of their children is not uncommon. David Blankenhorn (1995), author of Fatherless America, wrote, “The United States is becoming an increasingly fatherless ... Read More
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Safe, Sane, and Consensual: The Bedrock Ethics of BDSM
Whether you read, saw, loved, or hated Fifty Shades of Grey, there’s no denying that its release started a larger conversation about BDSM in popular culture. It’s important for us to ... Read More
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From Phone Sex to Internet Sex: Addiction at Your Fingertips
I recently spoke with a young colleague who had just completed training to become a certified sexual addiction therapist (CSAT). She was astonished to hear my stories of what I jokingly ... Read More