What can cause stress and how do you avoid it? Stress is everywhere and is caused by many things. The idea that we can avoid stress altogether is nice, but not realistic. In fact, you need a certain … Read More
Couples Therapy – Build a Better Relationship Hectic schedules and people’s difficulty with saying “no” to accepting new tasks often results in little down time and scarce attention to surface-level actions that help relationships thrive. Take the ideas … Read More
Premarital Counseling What is premarital counseling and workshops? Premarital counseling is a process that benefits all couples and we encourage and welcome every to participate—of varying ages, same and different gendered couples, and multi-cultural, interracial and interfaith couples. Our … Read More
Separation anxiety in adults For the most part, everyone has heard of the term separation anxiety. And for the majority of those who have, they’re likely to associate the term with children or animals. In children, separation anxiety can manifest … Read More
Communication Skills From Nonviolent Communication by Marshal B. Rosenberg Positive vs. Negative Requests People are more likely to respond positively to a positive request and more likely to respond negatively to a negative request. We have all heard the … Read More
Communication Skills From Nonviolent Communication by Marshal B. Rosenberg Many people begin individual and couple’s therapy citing “bad communication” as a problem. There are hundreds of books, usually self-help books, that talk about communicating better with your partner. Pulling together some … Read More
Couples Therapy Things Must Always Be Fair/Equal I’m sure you’ve heard that “life is not fair.” Well, sometimes relationships aren’t exactly fair all the time, either. There may be times when your partner needs to lean on … Read More
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. – Buddha We all have an inner dialogue that begins the moment we wake up in the morning and continues until the second we fall asleep at … Read More
Mindfulness is “the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something”. We often fall into the trap of being on autopilot, especially in this city. We wake up, go to work, take care of our families, come home, … Read More
A Safe Place For Discussion Given the polarized nature of this past election cycle, it makes sense that tensions are still running high. Regardless of political affiliations, this election has had people feeling stressed, agitated, angered, and exhausted. For some, … Read More