by Alice Davies, Clinical Intern | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog, Communication, In-Laws, Intimacy, Relationships
When you get married, you are not only marrying your partner but also marrying into one another’s family. When a couple maintains a good relationship with their in-laws, they have extra support from people who genuinely care about their well-being. However, it is...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Feb 7, 2024 | Blog, Communication, Dating, Intimacy, Relationships
Confession time: I absolutely love football, and I’m not the least bit ashamed to admit that my life pretty much revolves around the NFL season. While many will tune in to the Super Bowl for the commercials, I love watching the game. So of course with the Super Bowl...
by Riley Brennan | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, Depression, Intimacy, Postpartum, Relationships
Pregnancy and parenthood can be both exciting and nerve-racking. We hear stories of incontinence, baby blues, sexless marriages, and couples living as roommates after having a baby – as if these experiences are normal and inevitable. As both a sex educator and a...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Jan 1, 2023 | Blog, Communication, Dating, Intimacy, Relationships
Never before have my clients experienced dating fatigue like they did in 2022. Despite reports that more singles are serious about finding love, the journey to a healthy relationship isn’t always easy. While there was hope that post-lockdown, after the height of the...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog, Communication, Intimacy, Relationships, Therapy
I’ve been a couples therapist for over 16 years, and there’s one particular communication pattern that makes me cringe every time I witness it with my clients. Lucky for you, Season 3’s Netflix’s Love Is Blind will give you a front-row view. So, it goes something like...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog, Intimacy, Relationships, Therapy
Step into my proverbial office. I’m going to recreate some scenarios I see all the time in my therapy sessions: Sarah has been in a relationship with her partner for four years. She tells me, “I feel like something is missing. We’re not as close as I want to be.” ...
