Communication Techniques

Managing emotional takeovers: Whether it be a parent, a partner, a boss, a coworker, or a friend, interacting with someone who is emotionally immature can feel like navigating a minefield of emotions. You are continue reading

Exploring Kinks in Your Relationship: Communication and Mutual Satisfaction

Exploring 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 continue reading

Sharing your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with others is one of the most fulfilling ways to establish closeness, intimacy, and safety in a relationship. But when your emotions are dismissed, belittled, or questioned continue reading

When was the last time you (or your partner) proudly smashed things in the name of anger? Often, this is a concept driven far from the realm of relationship repair, but I urge you continue reading

What is DARVO? (Therapy in Philadelphia, Ocean City, Mechanicsville & Santa Fe)

A specific type of communication pattern that creates challenges in relationships is a pattern known as DARVO. While DARVO is an continue reading

Assertive Patience in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in Philadelphia: The pandemic has given reason for society at large to stay within the confines of their environment on a consistent basis. With the time continue reading

Arguments are inevitable within a relationship. It doesn’t matter how well-matched the people are, disagreements are bound to happen. That’s why it can be more beneficial to figure out how to argue. One aspect of continue reading

A Constructive Guide to Arguments

We all get into disagreements or arguments with those we love. It is how we handle them that will either provide feelings of connection and resolution or resentment and continue reading

According to researcher and couple’s therapist, John Gottman, only 30% of a couple's fights are finite and solvable. That means 70% of fights are chronic and a by-product of different personalities and temperaments. In other continue reading

Gottman’s Four Horsemen

It isn’t always easy to fight well. Ideally, we would calmly talk things over in the moment when issues came up, and leave feeling heard, validated and understood with a plan for continue reading

In a new relationship, you may not think anything is problematic about texting regularly throughout the day, posting pictures on Instagram, or changing your Facebook status to reflect your newest love interest. Social media continue reading

Maintaining a Long-Distance Relationship

As rewarding and pleasurable as they may be, relationships are always challenging. In this day and era, the landscape of relationships has begun to change, and geographic separation has become reality continue reading

Couples: Talking about money can be really hard - it’s a subject that’s as taboo (if not more) than sex. Everyone is raised with different attitudes towards money, and they carry these values and expectations continue reading

Even though everyone experiences emotions every day, understanding them can still be tricky. For instance, a person may have an initial feeling over a situation, only to discover more emotions underneath the first one continue reading

How many times have you walked away from an argument feeling worked up, overwhelmed, or defeated? Part of the challenge may be that you are too emotionally fused or codependent and end up being emotionally continue reading