A couple I met through my work as a marriage therapist and couples weekend workshop presenter recently shared this with me –Her: He doesn’t listen to me. This has happened for years and years, and I’ve given up. Sometimes I just talk to have a conversation. Isn’t that what marriage is about? A friendship? Sharing stories at the end of the day? And sometimes I need to tell him the little things, like that he needs to take our son to baseball practice or that I made dinner plans for us.
Love Touches: What is Real?
I’ve been a marriage therapist for nearly 20 years and I see a growing trend in couples needing both relationship therapy and addiction recovery therapy. The trend is due to the overuse and misuse of technology’s platforms.
I’ve been a marriage therapist for nearly 20 years and I see a growing trend in couples needing both relationship therapy and addiction recovery therapy. The trend is due to the overuse and misuse of technology’s platforms.
Few therapists, even those trained in marriage therapy, arecomfortable talking about sex and intimacy with their clients, according toPsychology Today.
Sex is a topic that is difficult to discuss under the BEST ofcircumstances, much less when difficulties exist in a relationship.
Many clients who complete their therapy treatment plan withouttalking about sex continue to live with untreated and festering problems.
Sex is a topic that is difficult to discuss under the BEST ofcircumstances, much less when difficulties exist in a relationship.
Many clients who complete their therapy treatment plan withouttalking about sex continue to live with untreated and festering problems.
What happens when human connection is lost? When we become overly concerned with virtual connections? How do we fight back against obsessive technology-use in our homes? This is part 2 of a 4-part series, “Love Touches: Being Human and In Tune; Why We Need Human Connections in an Increasingly High-Tech World.” The series concludes with my ATTUNE formula to help couples and families truly connect and form lasting, loving relationships.
What happens when human connection is lost? When we become overly concerned with virtual connections? How do we fight back against obsessive technology-use in our homes? This is part 1 of a 4-part series, “Love Touches: Being Human and In Tune; Why We Need Human Connections in an Increasingly High-Tech World.”
We feel more and more out of touch with each other emotionally, mentally and physically. We live parallel lives, and it doesn’t even bother us that much anymore. We wonder, “Is this as good as it gets?” We get along better when we are apart. Whenever we are together, the mood ranges between indifference and fighting. We don’t see a future together. We worry about our kids.
I would be hard pressed to think of any couple I’ve worked with, who hasn’t listed ‘communication’ as one of the top concerns in their relationships. Every time I hear a couple saying they “can’t communicate”, reminds me of a cheeky comment by a professor of mine, ages ago, saying that couples don’t have communication problems unless they speak different native languages.