Category Archives: Communication

Clear Needless Emotional Clutter From Your Relationships

Clearing your language of these five needlessly provocative words and short phrases can have a surprisingly positive impact on your relationships.

Collateral Damage

How does a sudden outbreak of war amongst civilized people in a sophisticated world-class city impact the life of a child? A psychologytoday.com reader shares her experiences.

Couples Therapy: 15 Essentials That the Best Therapists Do

If you are a therapist, to what extent do you follow these guidelines? If you are choosing a therapist, or evaluating whether to stay with one you've been with, here's help.

Couples Therapy: The Four Questions

Leonardo Niño Rodríguez, a journalist in Colombia South America, recently asked me for a state-of-the-art assessment of couples therapy.

Couples Therapy: What 5 Ingredients Create a Great Outcome?

Does your couples therapist provide these essentials? If not, what can you do about it?

Between Parent and Child: An All-Time Parenting Best-Seller

Haim Ginott's parenting book revolutionized our ideas of how to talk with children.

Beware Of Mistaken Marriage Advice That “All Couples Fight”

Beware of marriage advice that suggests that all couples fight. They don't. Successful couples also don't sweep their differences under the rug. Here's an alternative.

Boundaries, Privacy and Intimacy Are Cultural Phenomena

When couples start with different cultural backgrounds, their his-way, her-way expectations of intimacy, of what is private and what can be shared, can be confusing.

Can I Trust My Gut to Know I’ve Found My True Love

Use these five short tests to help you assess if a person who feels like a marriage candidate would be a good choice for sealing the deal as husband and wife.

Baby Come and Light My Fire…

Sexual enjoyment together helps to keep marital affection warmly loving. What mutual actions can couples take to ignite their sexual energies?