No one gets a user manual on what to once an infidelity, as defined by one or both parties is discovered. Here are some things people need to consider before making any decision. What is infidelity? This may reveal value differences in a couple and highlight how little time a couple spent discussing early on ...
Date Posted: October 13, 2013
Categories: Couple Counseling, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Emptiness, Ending a ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Bringing a baby into a couple’s life is one of the biggest changes a couple will have to work out together. Unfortunately couples grossly underestimate how much this tiny bundle of joy will change their individual lives and their relationships and as a result do not prepare for it. ...
Sep 11
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Anxiety, Attachment Issues, ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
It’s not a communication problem Married couples think because their partner doesn’t want what s/he wants or see the problem as s/he does, they have a communication problem. People’s definition of a communication problem is that they are unable to get their partner to ...
Sep 7
Categories: Blended Family Issues, Codependency / Dependency, Communication ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Counselling for Cheating or Infidelity in a Marriage Relationships can and do recover from marrital cheating and they can go on to survive and thrive. However the journey to a great marriage after learning about infidelity is a challenging path. There are several stages that married couples must ...
Aug 25
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Couples planning to get married, newlyweds or honeymoon couples can benefit from relationship skills that will ensure a successful marriage. A strong marriage requires good relationship and communications skills. It also requires couples to have skills to manage inevitable conflict issues smoothly ...
Aug 25
Categories: Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, Men's Issues, Mental Health ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
From the theoretical orientation of Dr. William Glasser, founder of Choice Theory Reality Therapy (CTRT), depression is seen as a chosen behaviour not an emotion that you are victim to. So CTRT therapist would say you are DEPRESSING or even anxieting or angering instead of being depressed, anxious or angry. All behaviour is purposeful in ...
Aug 25
Categories: Bereavement, Bipolar, Coping with Medical Problems, Couple ...
Written By:
Tammy M. Fontana, MS NCC CTRT Sex Therapist USA
Our childhood teaches us how to relate to others. Adult romantic relationships rely on using the patterns of relating we learn in infancy. Counsellors are trained to help us to deal with complex psychological issues which are damaging to our close relationships. Therapeutic approaches like relationship counselling, draw on psychological ...
Jul 24
Categories: Communication Disorders Problems, Couple Counseling, Emotional ...
Written By:
Joanna Fishman
One time, I had a long counseling session with a distraught couple. Things started to get hairy when the husband and wife related to me about unexplainable, “supernatural” appearances happening in their home. Just several days ago, the wife (along with a companion) said ...
Jul 18
Categories: Adult psychological development, Couple Counseling, Fear
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Healing can happen only in a climate of openness and truth.This is the tragedy of Mina. Mina was caught in adultery, one which traumatized her husband. Her need to deny or "stonewall" her wrongdoing prevented her personal, marital, and family healing. What's her primary wound? I ...
Apr 22
Categories: Addictions, Attachment Issues, Couple Counseling
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
With the stress of everyday life, it's not unusual for a couple to lose their emotional connection. Our relationship therapists cite a number of reasons why a couple loses connection and ends up hardy talking to ...
Apr 4
Categories: Couple Counseling, Empathy, Marital Counseling, Men's Issues, ...
GOIf you are interested in relationships, you will be interested in learning about attachment theory. This theory highlights the importance of the relationship between infants and their caregivers. Our relationships in adult life are affected by the quality of this first emotional bond. Indeed, much of what couple counselling ...
Feb 15
Categories: Adult psychological development, Attachment Issues, Child ...
GOWhen life tries to slap us down, we instinctively turn to others for support particularly our intimate partners. Although this tendency to seek emotional support from loved ones to heal our wounds has long been recognized, it is only in the past couple of decades that substantial scientific ...
Aug 13
Categories: Codependency / Dependency, Couple Counseling, Post Traumatic Stress ...
Written By:
Brian Scott
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