Couples Learn Blog
Venting About Your Relationship: Helpful or Harmful?
Imagine this: your spouse or partner does something that really makes you angry. What is your next move? Well, hopefully you talk to your partner about it. But if you’re like a lot of people, you may also start venting to friends about relationship troubles. Venting...
Your 5 Most Common Questions Answered About How to Help a Friend Who is Grieving a Loss and What NOT to Say to Them
There are few things in life harder to face than the loss of a close friend or family member. And even when you are not the one facing a loss, it can be challenging to know how to help a friend in grief. As an individual and couples therapist team, we get a lot of...
Resolutions For Two: How To Improve Your Relationship In The New Year
If you're the New Years Resolution type, you might be busy getting your resolution ducks in a row. Maybe you’re hoping to read more in 2022 or finally write that novel you’ve been dreaming about. Perhaps you want to get to the gym five days a week or start meditating...
The #1 Issue That Ruins Relationships: Ineffective Communication
People always ask me, “what is the #1 reason couples seek out your help?” Without a doubt, the answer is problems with communication. So how much of an impact does being bad at communication actually have on a relationship? As it turns out, quite a lot. We’ve all...
6 Tips For Stress Free Travel With Your Significant Other
Going on a trip with your partner is a big deal. Stress and anxiety can run high while traveling and that may result in you having a shorter fuse with each other than usual. If you’re looking for stress free travel tips for couples, then you’ve come to the right...
7 Signs You and Your Partner Need Couples Therapy
There is a common misconception about couples therapy that keeps many relationships from reaping the benefits: people often think there needs to be something drastically wrong in their relationship before they seek help. But in my experience, there are often small...