by Gabrielle Gebel, MS, ALMFT | Feb 7, 2022 | Blog, Communication, Intimacy, Relationships
Something that has come up with a number of my clients recently is navigating interactions with an ex. Should you try to maintain a friendship? Have a friends-with-benefits arrangement? Take a break to see if it helps with getting back together? What about...
by Andréa Brice, ALMFT | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog, Communication, Dating, Intimacy, Relationships
Your partner hangs up the phone in the middle of a conversation, so you call repeatedly to get them to talk. You feel overwhelmed from seeing your partner every day for a week, so you decrease your typical level of communication the following week. Your partner...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog, Intimacy, Relationships
I’m late to the James Clear bandwagon. I only recently read his #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits on the recommendation of a client. Lately I’ve been finding myself struggling with time management. I haven’t been a fan of the word ‘routine’ because I viewed...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Aug 20, 2021 | Blog, Intimacy, Relationships
A client plopped down on my couch last week — let’s call him Brian. He said, “I’m getting married in 4 months, but I’m at a crossroads. How do I know if I’m doing the right thing?” These questions aren’t easy to answer —but it’s frequently a part of my job. I often...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Jul 15, 2021 | Blog, Intimacy, Relationships
As a dating and relationship therapist, one of the most frequent things I hear from my unmarried (but want to be married) clients is that they don’t want to waste their time. But over and over again I see the same thing: a partner can keep them in a relationship for...
by Hollie Schmid, ALMFT | Sep 24, 2019 | Blog, Communication, Intimacy, Relationships, Therapy
One analogy I tend to come back to when working with my couples is to think of your relationship as a garden. If you stop watering your garden, over time the flowers begin to die. Relationships operate very similarly: if you stop giving your relationship the love,...
