Why do adult children go no contact with their parents? Explore the reasons behind family estrangement, including emotional neglect, unresolved conflict and differing family expectations. Discover why parents and children remember relationships differently, when cutting contact may be necessary, and whether damaged parent-child relationships can ever be repaired through understanding.
When couples stop arguing, it doesn't always mean their relationship has improved. Sometimes, silence signals emotional withdrawal, resignation or relationship exhaustion. Explore why partners emotionally disconnect, how codependency and attachment patterns contribute, and whether a relationship can recover when one person has stopped trying to make things work.
We all have a past. When two people come together and try to form a relationship, the experiences gained by both play a role. How much of a role depends greatly on the people concerned...
In my daily work with codependents, I hear a lot about so-called "red-flags". Usually this comes when clients are describing the early stages of a relationship they were or are in...
Couples come into therapy for many reasons but one thing they mostly all share in common is an inability to communicate with each other effectively...
A staggering amount of my clients who identify as codependent and are in a relationship with a self-centered or abusive partner have attempted couples therapy...
A good marriage with someone we truly love is generally the fairytale that is sold to us by society, sometimes parents and definitely religion...
Just how prepared are we for the considerable work needed in order to maintain a relationship? Many of us say that we know fully what lies ahead when we commit ourselves but I wonder just how true this really is...
Break-ups can be nasty experiences and we all go through them. The best case scenario is that a couple can mutually agree to separate and logically work through that process...
If you are a violent, controlling narcissistic psychopath who controls every aspect of your partner's life with a fist of iron...
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