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7 Things You Can Do When your Partner Isn’t Being Supportive

Emotions, Family, Marriage, Relationships, Remarriage, Therapist / Meredith Keller

Do you have an unsupportive partner? Has one of these scenarios happened to you? You’re hurt by something your sister did but your partner doesn’t seem to care. Something major just happened and your partner seems distracted and disinterested as you’re telling them. You’re angry about how you were treated at the bank and your partner tells you it’s not a big deal. You’re worried […]

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Why couples counseling can make things WORSE

Emotions, Marriage, Relationships, Therapist / Debby Deroian

Have you tried couples counseling and it didn’t help? Even worse, it harmed the relationship? Since that experience with therapy, perhaps the conflict or distance remains the same; or perhaps the relationship has been deteriorating. You may even be desperate for help. You sometimes think about returning to counseling but haven’t because it didn’t work

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We Tried Couples Therapy and it Didn’t Work!

Marriage, Relationships, Therapist / Couples

Did you try couples therapy hoping things would get better but instead they got worse? Did the session devolve into the same argument or you were deeply hurt in the session? Does couples therapy even work? If previous efforts to use couples therapy have been unsuccessful, our hearts go out to you. You took a

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I Don’t Just Want a Therapist-I Want an Effective Therapist!

Relationships / Couples

Perhaps you’re looking for a therapist to work with. But how do you know who is good? As in all fields, therapists have a range of abilities and capabilities. How do you know, as the person calling, who is effective or who has specific training and focus? Today we are providing two tips to help

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Hurt By Hearsay? How Therapy Rebuilds Your Sense of Safety

Emotions, Relationships, Therapist, Uncategorized / Couples

Gossip – sometimes it seems we’re surrounded by it. We hear it all the time. It glares at us from nearly every grocery store headline. Have you seen so-and-so’s new haircut? What was he/she thinking? And what about those two? Can you believe they did that?! On the surface, gossiping can seem like harmless, idle

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What Your Therapist Won’t Say: Keeping it Confidential

Therapist, Uncategorized / Couples

Can you keep a secret? For many people, keeping something confidential can be quite difficult. Think back – was there ever a time when someone confided in you and you had a hard time keeping it private? Or how about a time when you trusted a close friend or family member with a secret of

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Does Your Relationship Feel Difficult? Let Us Guide You Through This Stage And On To Create an Even Better Relationship Together

Relationships / Couples

Do you sometimes wonder if you married the wrong person? Have you asked yourself: How could I have been so clueless? Why didn’t I listen to my friends (or my mother) who warned me? What was I attracted to, anyway? When the difficult stage of a relationship hits, people think they should… change their partner

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The FIRST Step in Getting What You Want

Emotions, Events, Therapist, Uncategorized / Couples

When I first talk to clients about how to set goals I am always met with strange looks and disbelief. The conversation usually begins with people telling me what’s not going well in their lives, what’s difficult for them, or what they have too much or too little of. I always ask them, “What do

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What Makes Your Therapist Tick?

Emotions, Relationships, Therapist, Uncategorized / Couples

When people learn that I’m a therapist, they often ask me how I can spend all day listening to other people’s problems. Many people imagine that my job is very difficult and draining. For some people it might be, but it’s not that way for me. I do this job because I love it. I

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Stopping Triangulation: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Involving a Third Person in Your Problems

Emotions, Relationships, Therapist, Uncategorized / Couples

Most of my clients have some kind of challenge in their relationships with others. The struggle may be with a spouse, a friend, a family member, a co-worker, a child, a neighbor, or a landlord. No matter who the struggle is with, we often discuss what someone else said or did and how my client

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7 Things You Can Do When your Partner Isn’t Being Supportive

Why couples counseling can make things WORSE

We Tried Couples Therapy and it Didn’t Work!

I Don’t Just Want a Therapist-I Want an Effective Therapist!

Hurt By Hearsay? How Therapy Rebuilds Your Sense of Safety

What Your Therapist Won’t Say: Keeping it Confidential

Does Your Relationship Feel Difficult? Let Us Guide You Through This Stage And On To Create an Even Better Relationship Together

The FIRST Step in Getting What You Want

What Makes Your Therapist Tick?

Stopping Triangulation: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Involving a Third Person in Your Problems

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