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What I Am Telling My Clients Who Are Anxious About Coronavirus
What I Am Telling My Clients Who Are Anxious About Coronavirus The word ‘unprecedented’ has been used and maybe over used but the Coronavirus is undeniably affecting all of us in significant ways. Social distancing has drastically affected our daily lives. This...
How Can Families Hurt or Help a Newlywed Couple?
Being a newlywed can be a time of uninterrupted bliss, or it can be a nightmare. The combining of families can be a very trying time and can hurt a very new relationship between two newlyweds. It’s easier for men to mix with a bride’s family because he is not...
Make sure you are fighting based on reality not on assumptions
Fighting is a common practice in relationships. Couples fight and disagree all the time. The smallest disagreement can boil over into World War III. Make sure you are fighting about real things and not assumptions. Common reasons couples fight are: Lack of Sex. Lack...
Why Men Have Affairs
This a third installment of three part series. Earlier I wrote about women's motives for affairs as well as outlined generally why affairs happen. This blog will focus on men. There are a number of reasons why men have affairs and cheat on their wives. It’s actually...
Why Women Have Affairs
Women cheat and have affairs. They do. Even though it’s not as talked about as men, and in some ways, a lot more unacceptable in society, women do cheat. Why? Usually when women have their eyes set on their guy, it’s forever. She will stick by her man through thick...
Why Do Affairs Happen?
When we are newly married, happy, and carefree, usually a time before children are in our lives, the thought of an affair seems impossible! Why would anyone stray from this marriage? This person? The person you married is incredible, sexy, and fun! However, a few...
Let’s talk about adult attachment!
Let's talk about adult attachment! Similar to the way that we attach to our primary caregivers as infants, there are four attachment styles that we may exhibit in our adult romantic relationships or in our adult friendships - secure, preoccupied, avoidant, and...
Summer Vacation Ideas for Divorced Parents
Divorce is not easy for anyone, especially those with children. We establish a life around our families, and divorce forces us to redirect that life and create a new one. Collaborating on vacation ideas as divorced parents is tough. The one constant factor in all of...
Getting through Mother’s Day without a mom
Written by Rachel Chistyakov, AMFT #108692 I lost my mother to suicide 10 years ago, when I was a teenager. I think about her daily and I always miss her presence in my life, but this pain is definitely amplified on Mother’s Day. Seeing pictures of my friends with...