Is a Ghost from the Past Haunting Your Marriage or Love Relationship?
Ghosts from the past can be unwelcome intruders in your relationship Are you or your partner experiencing symptoms in your relationship that could be related to a history of trauma? A common exchange between a trauma survivor and their partner might sound like this: Pat: What? Are you serious? I just came up and gave […]
Parenting Conflicts in New York: The Hidden Emotional Patterns Sabotaging Your Relationship
Mastering Parenting Conflicts in New York: A Schema Therapy and Neural Integration Guide By Travis Atkinson, LCSW, Founder and Director, Loving at Your Best Couples Counseling and Marriage Therapy The Morning That Broke You: Understanding Parenting Conflicts in New York It’s 7:43 AM on a rainy Tuesday. You’ve been up since 5:30 preparing for your […]
How Does OCPD Affect Marriage and Relationships?
Dancing with an OCPD Person: Mastering Marriage and Navigating Relationships with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder The Enchanting Dance Floor of Love and Understanding Imagine you and your partner waltzing onto a dance floor, illuminated by the warm glow of the ballroom lights. While gliding and spinning, you may notice that your partner is different from […]
Modern Infidelity Guide: Understanding Betrayal and Rebuilding Trust
Introduction: Navigating Love and Betrayal in the Digital Age Alex is swiping through a dating app late at night while their partner, Jamie, sleeps peacefully beside them. It’s just “innocent fun,” Alex assures themself, as sexual relations aren’t involved. Across the city, Casey is having a deep, emotionally charged conversation with a coworker, feeling a […]
Seeing danger signs in your marriage
When a couple is stuck in a negative pattern, even the slightest action can turn into an explosive eruption. For most couples who come for marriage therapy, they realize that they are not able to get out of it on their own. This acceptance is a first step to identify the problem behind the pattern, and then develop a plan for change that involves creating a new way to connect with each other.
Read about the ingredients of a conflict are mostly similar with most couples in a negative pattern. In most cases, one partner criticizes or blames, and another defends or withdraws. For some couples both partners go into an attack mode, with one or both eventually retreating. In the worst cases, both partners stop attacking, but in a withdrawal state, the relationship is on life support.
Rebuilding Trust After an Affair
Rebuilding trust in a relationship can be a difficult and challenging task, but it is possible with the right mindset and approach.
