anxiety and marriage problems

counseling for adults, couples, children and teens! we are so happy you found your way to us!! call: (919) 897-5111 text: (910) 308-3291 marriage may make you less likely to have anxiety problems: a large, multinational study carried out by scott et al. when it does, it can have a significant impact on the quality of the marriage. even the inherent support and stability of marriage may fail to insulate you from anxiety and other psychological, emotional, and behavioral health …

sexless marriage open relationship

everyone’s definition of a “normal” sex life varies, and if a sexless marriage works for your relationship, there’s no need to change it up. when discussing sexuality, one has to do away with the term normal as there is a lot of self-judgement and shame involved. the couple does these exercises on their own at home and then returns to a couples’ session to discuss their reactions and what turned them on so as to build momentum. before introducing the …

in laws issues in marriage

not exactly besties with your mother-in-law? researchers followed 373 couples since they were first wed in 1986. in each couple, both the husband and wife rated how close they felt to their in-laws on a scale of one to four. conversely, marriages where the husband reported being close with his in-laws had a 20 percent lower probability of separation than couples where the husband reported a relationship that wasn’t as close. “when a wife sees that her husband is really …

coping with relationship anxiety

there are many temptations to organize our life around the experience of earlier trauma. and while it can bounce back and forth from partner to partner, both the cause of our insecurity and its cure reside in us alone. knowing our attachment style is beneficial, because it can help us to realize ways we may be recreating a dynamic from our past. finally, it can make us more aware of how our feelings of insecurity may be misplaced, based on …

aspergers and sexless marriage

i knew my husband cared and wanted me to be happy, but he never followed through on what i told him i needed. i know that in many ways i have to be my husband’s caretaker, and i can see god’s hand in this because i’m skilled in the areas my husband is not. if my husband and i had known in the beginning what we know now… it’s not that he wouldn’t, but that he couldn’t. i’m a self-diagnosed …