After over 12 years of facilitating couples therapy with hundreds of couples, my advice for a healthy monogamous relationship is to stay romantically focused on your partner. Especially in Los Angeles or... Read more »
Most people expect that once established, a long-term romantic relationship should be exclusive. All other potentially romantic connections should be severed, and the couple should be able to move on with their... Read more »
If you currently find yourself in a relationship where conflict has become the norm, moments of peace are short-lived, and anxiety feels like your baseline, chances are you’re exhausted. But you are... Read more »
The argument ends the way arguments often do now: two people in separate rooms, holding separate phones. One opens a chatbot and types out the fight. The calm, understanding reply arrives in... Read more »
Most humans no longer experience artificial intelligence (AI) as dramatic. What felt like a grand technological revolution in 2022 is gradually becoming a standard asset in our life, labor, and leisure. We... Read more »
There is a particular kind of loneliness that gets almost no airtime in relationship research: the loneliness of being with someone who doesn’t quite see you. Not someone cruel, not someone absent.... Read more »
It is a heartbreaking feeling. You are sitting right next to your partner, yet you feel completely alone. You haven’t had a major fight, but something feels deeply off. The vibrant connection... Read more »
In the midst of a loss, it’s very easy to see what’s being taken and difficult to see what’s being given. In my life, I understood that every family will experience loss,... Read more »
There is a quiet paradox at the heart of romantic love. One that touches nearly every intimate relationship, no matter how loving, intelligent, or well-intentioned the partners may be. We all long... Read more »
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by many themes and subtypes. Within the past decade, there has been growing acknowledgement and understanding of what is called relationship OCD, or ROCD for short. As... Read more »