if you would like to improve your connection, choose one or two of the activities and exercises described below to practice with your partner. if you’re stumped on what activity might be best for you and your partner, the following exercises may be a good place to start. share these songs with your partner, along with an explanation of how the song relates to you and why you chose it to share with him or her. if the silence is …

it is designed especially for you and your partner to experience a couples therapy weekend retreat in charlotte, north carolina. this 2 ½-day couples intensive is for you if you want the best couples therapy available and really want to focus on your relationship. the outcome was a better understanding of who we were as a couple and why we were hiding emotionally from each other. during this time we see no other clients and take no calls or emails …

according to the american association of marriage and family, more than 97% of surveyed couples feel like they got what they needed using one or more forms of couples therapy techniques. reflective listening is a specific type of couples therapy that can be beneficial for partners who want to work on their communication skills. the goal of narrative therapy is to help couples see that one single story on its own can’t truly encompass an entire experience together. it helps …

the following are some of the most common themes that couples bring to counseling and the ways a professional therapist can help address them. a couple’s counselor can offer a safe, healthy place to not only discuss these issues in an authentic way, but to help the couple move toward a more mutually satisfying intimate relationship. ideally, a couples’ counselor can help each partner better understand the addiction cycle and the role their relationship plays in either fostering or breaking …

love relationships often create unrealistic expectations for how our partner or spouse should make us feel, on one hand, and what kinds of behaviors will be tolerated or forgiven, on the other. the first step in anger management is admitting that it has gotten out of control and is having a negative impact on your life. you may never be able to completely rid yourself of the things or people that enrage you, but you can learn to control your …