In life there will be times that people you trust and love will let you down or even hurt you. If that has not happened already, you know it will. Forgiveness Starts With You This means that whether you think you’re to be blamed or not that you must start…
Spring is finally here. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and the temperature is finally looking up. People are ready to have fun outside with their friends now! For students, Spring Break just ended and they are now on the home stretch of their semesters. Projects and homework…
Military Relationship Counseling: As a military couple, you face certain stresses that many other relationships do not have to face. Relationships face the stress of deployments, issues pre-deployment, post-deployment, and during deployment. Relationships also must deal with the loneliness while deployed. Being separated as a couple is an understandable anxiety…
New Resolution for 2013 – How to Forgive Yourself. It’s easy to say, but so much harder to actually do! We all mess up, and normally, we make mistakes every single day. Some mess-ups are minor – spilling grape juice on the white couch, missing an appointment, or even being…
When does it become emotional blackmail? It’s not entirely uncommon to acquiesce to your partner’s requests. After all, you can compromise as well as the next person. But when does healthy compromise turn into something else–something more sinister and harmful? 6 Warning Signs of Emotional Blackmail If you often find…
Five Steps to Make Your Spouse Your Best Friend Couples Counseling Tips: Fiery romance born from physical attraction is the basis of many engagements and marriages. But stop and think about it: What attributes describe best friend relationships? Honest and open communication, trust, acceptance, support, affirmation, empathy, and enthusiasm for…
Couples Counseling: New Parents Guide to Maintaining a Strong Relationship As a new parent, you are likely to face an inundation of parenting advice, most of it unwelcomed. The best parenting and child development a baby could hope for would be a healthy, happy relationship between the parents and it doesn’t…
PAIR Couple Inventory (About $50.00) David H. Olson & Mark T. Schaefer Couples Counseling: The PAIR (Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships) Inventory is a 36 item instrument that assesses five types of intimacy: emotional, social, sexual, intellectual, and recreational. It enables a person to describe their own relationship as…
Tips on Fighting Emotional Blackmail Emotional blackmail is an issue far more commonplace than people realize. It is defined as someone preying upon the emotions and sensibilities of another for personal gain, rather than external data. This form of extortion usually occurs within close relationships (fathers and sons, mothers and…
Is it harder to find friends as an Adult? A new york times article suggests, it might be. In lieu of making BFFs, after their college years, many individuals are settling for KOFs … that is, kind of friends. Worse yet, for many persons, once they leave the dorm, friends…
Thriveworks counselors help thousands of couples improve their relationships every year. Working with couples on such a regular basis, it is not unusual for us to receive phone calls from couples where one partner is reluctant. Sometimes this is because the partner doesn’t believe in counseling. Sometimes a partner is…
The Internet provides many opportunities for creating new relationships through social networking and online dating. However, some websites may be just as effective at destroying relationships. Below are the top 10 websites that can contribute to relationship problems, distress, and sometimes relationship crisis. For some couples, Internet use is a…
