by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Dec 8, 2017 | Blog
I won’t beat around the bush. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, I’ve seen it time and time again. Some men keep a woman in a relationship for years, hinting at marriage as a “someday” thing when really they have no intention of following through. This is...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Nov 21, 2017 | Blog
Newlyweds vow that this will never be them. But too many couples become emotionally disconnected and they never saw it coming. This doesn’t have to be your story. When I was writing my book, First Comes Us: The Busy Couple’s Guide to Lasting Love it...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
In my previous blog, I provided 21 subtle signs of an emotionally unavailable man. I was overwhelmed with the responses from men, saying that many, if not all, of the signs resonated with them. They tell me they don’t want to be this way because they feel stuck in...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | May 9, 2017 | Blog
I received a question from a reader: Dear Anita, I’m in a 5-month relationship with my boyfriend. Things were great in the beginning but it’s been rocky the last couple of months. We’ve been arguing more and I don’t hear from him as often as I used to. I thought he...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog
Ok ladies, ‘fess up. Have you been on a great date with a nice guy but he just didn’t do anything for you emotionally? He called when he said he would, confirmed plans, was a gentleman…but nothing in the feelings department. Nada. Zero. Zilch. So you dump the nice guy...
by Anita Chlipala, LMFT | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog
He’s someone I work with. I didn’t think much of him at first. We talked a little but mostly just went out for lunch with other coworkers. After awhile we broke off from the group and the two of us starting going out to lunch together. Then we started talking outside...