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Laughing Together: The Therapeutic Power of Humor in Relationships
Humor is an important factor in all aspects of life. It is something that can make someone’s mood instantly better, it’s something that...
Jul 11, 20244 min read


Managing Conflict: Importance of Individual Self-Soothing
Now that we’ve tried to work on accepting one another’s influence within the relationship and helped manage conflict by identifying and...
Jun 18, 20244 min read


Managing Conflict: Solvable vs. Perpetual
Continuing on the 5th floor of Gottman’s Sound Relationship House, we are still focusing on managing conflict. A major part of that is...
Jun 13, 20244 min read


Accepting Your Partner’s Influence
We are moving onto the 5th floor of the Sound Relationship House: Managing Conflict, which actually is composed of multiple parts. In...
Jun 11, 20244 min read


Are You Worrying About Things Outside of Your Control?
The answer to the question in the title has probably been yes at some point in your life. It could be said that most people probably at...
Apr 20, 20244 min read


Increasing Intimacy Within Your Relationship
Intimacy is important in any relationship; it’s also something that requires people to be vulnerable with one another and “to allow...
Apr 4, 20244 min read


The Positive Perspective
If you’ve been following along in this series of blogs focusing on the Sound Relationship House founded by Drs. John and Julie Gottman,...
Mar 21, 20244 min read


Couples’ Vision Boarding: Designing a Shared Future
Whether you are in a new relationship or have been together for years, it is crucial to talk about your future. The future involves both...
Jan 26, 20245 min read


The Power of Turning Towards
Turning Towards is the third level in the Gottman’s Sound Relationship House, after focusing on building love maps and showing and...
Jan 21, 20243 min read


Cut Yourself Some Slack
It’s right in the title: cut yourself some slack. As humans, and for the most part, we tend to be a lot harder on ourselves than we are...
Nov 14, 20233 min read


Sharing Fondness and Admiration Within Your Relationship
There’s a stage in almost every relationship, usually at the beginning, where there’s an abundance of infatuation, love, a sort of...
Nov 9, 20233 min read


Building Stronger Connections and Foundations for your Relationship Through Love Maps
In any new relationship, you start off by getting to know one another. Asking questions to each other, finding out the other’s likes and...
Sep 22, 20234 min read


Thoughts & Strategies I Use When Working with Couples
People come to therapy for all different types of reasons, and while couples may come to therapy with specific goals in mind, there...
Sep 8, 20234 min read


How to Cope With Empty Nest Syndrome
We’ve all heard the term “empty nesters;” when parents feel grief or an immense amount of sorrow and sadness when their kid(s) move out...
Aug 8, 20235 min read


Navigating Communication, Conflict, and Compromising in a Relationship
Conflicts, arguments, disagreements, those are all natural and most of the time inevitable when being in a relationship. While they are...
May 17, 20235 min read


I’m Anxious About My First Session with My Therapist
Starting therapy can be incredibly nerve-racking, whether you’ve been in therapy before or not. You are talking to someone who is, at...
May 12, 20234 min read


Get To Know Your Therapist: Emily Blair
EMILY BLAIR, ALMFT What’s something you would say to a potential client who’s on the fence about beginning therapy? Beginning therapy is...
Mar 4, 20233 min read


What Family Therapy Looks Like
Whether you got referred to start family therapy by another provider or you decided on your own that this is something you and your...
Feb 12, 20233 min read


Easy Anxiety Techniques to Use at Home
Anxiety can be debilitating at times, and sometimes our body reacts in ways that our mind can’t make sense of and our mind goes in...
Dec 27, 20224 min read


5 Key Topics to Discuss with Your Partner Before Getting Married
There is no guidebook to marriage, and it would probably be a lot easier if there was. But you still want to know the person you are...
Dec 5, 20225 min read
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