If you’re an Aspie, you will always be an Aspie.

It’s not a personality disorder or illness. It is a variation in how your brain is wired. And it is, in fact, a core aspect of your identity.

Working with a neurodivergent couple is differentiation in work boots. Let’s jump in…

Infidelity impacts your legacy and echoes through time. New research tells us that a tendency toward infidelity runs in families.

When children of Infidelity are aware of parental infidelity, they are much more likely to engage in infidelity as well.

Older American couples endure more than six years of misery before seeking help.

It’s like driving your wheels over and over in the same place so often that you’ve worn deep ruts into the marital driveway.

The sooner you enter couples therapy, the better. This is one of the reasons why Millennials enjoy such a delightfully low divorce rate.

They pursue couples therapy at the first sign of trouble. And they do so earlier than any other recorded generation…

Date nights foster an abiding sense of “couplehood.” The deliberate planning and pursuit of date night allow partners to choose one another—in front of friends and family.

Choose to read this post, and discover the science behind date night…

In the aftermath of the disclosure or discovery of an affair, most couples are overwhelmed by pain, rage, and guilt. It’s typical for clients to contact me in the early days of affair disclosure.

“My husband cheated on me… now what?" is a question I often hear…

Kids may not seem to hear you when you tell them to eat their vegetables, but when you and your spouse are fighting in front of the kids, your children are paying close attention.

This behavior impacts their immediate behavior and affects their mental health significantly.

There is no fact of human existence that resonates so profoundly and pervasively through time as Developmental Trauma (aka Complex Trauma).

Developmental Trauma is a pattern of chronic, prolonged childhood abuse and neglect and symptoms of childhood trauma in adulthood impact marriage.

It’s important not to confuse Postpartum Depression with the more typical “baby blues” which fades after a few weeks.

More severe form of Postpartum Depression may result in more serious struggles to care for and bond with a new infant.

Christian couples get a raw deal in secular couples therapy, and Christian couples counseling is often uninformed by science.

Psychotherapy has never been particularly curious about religious faith of any kind.

Most modern therapists do not tend to describe themselves as religious or even particularly spiritual (Bilgrave & Deluty, 2002) and (Smith & Orlinsky, 2004).

A “mid life crisis” is a Bullsh*t cultural trope that is remarkably robust.

Why are we so convinced that mid-life is fraught with peril…and why does research say otherwise?

Research suggests that same-sex couples are gentler to each other when they fight (Gottman et al. 2003).

Gottman’s research tells us that lesbian couples and gay men use more humor and kindness when bringing up a disagreement, and they’re more positive as they engage in disagreement with one another. Here’s why…

New research confirms something we sort of already knew: conflict resolution skills in marriage are essential for success.

But thanks to recent findings, we now have a better appreciation of just how important they actually are.