Negative parenting patterns rarely start with the current generation. They are usually hand-me-downs from stressed, overwhelmed adults who were once stressed, overwhelmed kids. The promise of breaking ...

When Marissa first came to me, she was going through her second divorce. Both partners had been physically and emotionally abusive during the relationship, and the divorce was nothing short of ...

People with almost no real friends tend to fall into three hard-to-break patterns that prevent them from letting anyone get close enough to matter.

Breaking a bad habit can feel like swimming against a current. You know it isn’t serving you, but your brain defaults to it anyway. A bad habit is a learned behavior that’s performed automatically in ...

I have worked with couples for five decades. They have trusted me to help them break free of interactions that have damaged their love. Though there are many ways that intimate partners can push each ...