Category: Couples Counseling

Betrayal and Trust

My wife cares more about her mother’s opinion than mine. Even though we’ve been married for five years, she still involves her mother in decisions that I think should be between us, like our finances or how we take care of our baby girl. It’s like she’s on Team Mom instead of Team Marriage. There

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A healthy communication strategy

My girlfriend is lazy and when she gets home from work she never helps with dinner or cleaning up. But when I tell her to help me, all she gets is defensive and we only end up in an argument. Is there a healthy communication strategy that will help us? I can tell you’re frustrated with your partner’s behavior,

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Too busy for each other

Between our jobs and the kids and our jammed up schedules, it seems like we’re too busy for each other. How can we stay connected when we barely see each other at all, let alone when it’s just the two of us? Being too busy for each other is one of the most common complaints from

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Is there passion without fighting?

My partner and I enjoy great passion, but I’m worried it comes at an expense– when we fight, it’s with the same intensity as our making up. I’m afraid if we learn to fight more fairly, we might lose our passion too. Is there passion without fighting? Of course! Making up after a fight feels so

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