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Yaminah Carter Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Healing After Sexual Betrayal

Healing After Sexual Betrayal: Understanding the Trauma and Reclaiming Yourself Sexual betrayal can be profoundly destabilizing. For many people, discovering that a partner has been sexually unfaithful does not simply feel like...

Center for Growth Therapists Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Communicating When You’re Upset – Part Two

Emotional mindfulness can be an excellent tool for improving communication with those we care about. Emotional mindfulness combines many of the benefits of general mindfulness– increasing our capacity for focused attention, expanding...

Center for Growth Therapists Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Communicating When You’re Upset – Part One

Understanding our nervous system can be helpful when it comes to having compassion— and understanding what is happening– for ourselves and our loved ones in conflict. Sometimes the ways your brain and...

Center for Growth Therapists Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Expressing Negative Emotions to Loved Ones

How to Say What You Need to Say and Deepen Your Love and Your Truth In every relationship, there are disagreements. Even among the most compatible and loving partners or friends, differences...

Sarah (Sid) Treaster Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Exploring Kinks in Your Relationship: Communication and Mutual Satisfaction

Exploring new kinks and fantasies can be an exciting and enriching journey. However, if your partner isn't kinky or hasn't shown interest in exploring these areas, it can present challenges. Here are...

Center for Growth Therapists Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Dating As A Woman with Turner Syndrome

Dating as a woman with Turner Syndrome, or showing romantic interest in someone who has the condition, may bring up a series of new thoughts and emotions. Addressing basic questions such as...

Sarah (Sid) Treaster Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Managing Jealousy and Feeling Compersion in Non-Monogamous Relationships

Non-monogamous relationships offer individuals the opportunity to explore love, intimacy, and connection in ways that diverge from traditional monogamous norms. If you have recently opened up your monogamous relationship to include other...

Richard (Rick) Snyderman Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Confidently Saying “No”

Confidently saying "no" is a difficult word to verbalize in communicating with others. There are a host of different reasons and beliefs that get in the way in communicating these boundaries clearly...

Alex Caroline Robboy Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Communicating Sexual Boundaries

The article "Communicate Your Sexual Boundaries" discusses the complexity of identifying, expressing, and maintaining sexual boundaries in relationships. It addresses the challenges individuals face in recognizing and communicating their boundaries. It emphasizes...

Alex Caroline Robboy Relationships, Marriage, and Dating

Assessing Sexual Boundaries

This article is all about assessing sexual boundaries in partnered interactions, regardless of your relationship status. It distinguishes sexual desires as what you find enjoyable and arousing in sex, from sexual boundaries,...