Blog - Relationship Therapy Center

Why Divorce Counseling is Always a Good Idea

Divorce is one of the most stressful and disrupting experiences we can go through. Even when a couple has no doubt in their minds that divorce is...

Play Therapy for Children

Therapy has benefits for everyone. For adults, therapy can help us process unresolved issues, learn to build healthier relationships, and cultivate...

John Gottman Knows Marriage (And He Knows Divorce, Too)

Dr. John Gottman of the Gottman Institute can predict divorce! That’s right, and with 94% accuracy. According to Dr. Gottman, the biggest indicator...

SAD: When It’s More Than Just “The Winter Blues”

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that comes on with the shorter days and colder...

This Year, Give Yourself the Gift of Boundaries

What are boundaries?Boundaries are simply dividing lines, physical or metaphorical dividers that say “over here” is what I am comfortable with, and...

How to Spice Up Your Love Life, Gottman-Style

Drs. John and Julie Gottman are world-renowned for their research on marriage and relationships. After more than four decades of study, one thing...

Couples Therapy: Why You Should See a Specialist

At The Relationship Therapy Center, we wholeheartedly believe in the importance of working with a couples therapy specialist. Couples therapy...

How To Be Happy

What is the secret to happiness? It’s a question we all want the answer to. But happiness looks different for different people; there is no...

5 Things to Focus on When You Are Single

Although being single isn’t always celebrated in our culture, it should be. Being single is an opportunity to invest in ourselves. Our single...

Let’s Talk About Emotional Flooding

First things first, what is emotional flooding? Emotional flooding is a psychological and physiological response in the body that happens when we...

Communication for a Healthy Relationship

Good communication is key to a healthy relationship. It’s the glue that holds the pieces together, the oil that keeps the engine running. But here’s...

How to (Successfully) Work at Home With Your Partner

It’s time to reinvent the workday. Thanks to the spread of coronavirus many of us are working from home with our partner, some with children and...

The Positive Benefits of Creating a Schedule During Quarantine

By now, we are all well aware of the challenges that social isolation and self-quarantine present. What may have at first felt like an extended...

Self-Care in 2020 – Ideas to Help Through the Pandemic, Distance Learning, and Political Unrest

2020 has been a year for the books! So far, we’ve experienced a global pandemic, have transitioned to distance learning, and are living in a...

Co-Parenting During the Coronavirus Quarantine – 10 Tips From a Licensed Therapist

The arrival of coronavirus is changing many aspects of our lives, including the way we co-parent our children. As if there wasn’t already enough...