Blog - Relationship Therapy Center

Do You Feel More Like Roommates? Five Ways to Reconnect With Your Partner

Has your relationship between you and your partner become stale and routine? Does it feel like you have a friendly (or not so friendly)...

Are You Emotionally Healthy?

I had the opportunity to watch a “chick flick” (I love deep ones with lots of character development) with 3 of my good friends last weekend. ...

How Can Therapy Help Me?

If you are suffering from depression or anxiety you want to know how to relieve the symptoms of fatigue, sadness, hopelessness or the feelings of...

What Fills Your Tank?

Memorial Day weekend was coming up and I had three days off to decide what to do with. Because I am balancing a job and my counseling...

What’s Your Word?

Brene Brown quote At the beginning of the year, a word kept popping up for me and I decided it would be my word for the year. That word is...

Characteristics of an Abusive Family Upbringing

Many adults wonder why they feel anxious, depressed, lonely, struggle with addictions or troubled relationships, are self- critical, have low...

How to Speak So That You are Heard

Previously, I focused on the part of communication involving listening. The focus of this article is “How to Speak So that You are...

Help for Communication: More on The Art of Listening

So, last month I talked about the blocks to listening. There is more to listening though, than just being aware of your blocks. So here...

5 Blocks to Listening in Your Love Relationship

Have you ever been talking for awhile and noticed that the person you were talking to wasn't paying attention? An especially irritating...

What is a Healthy Marriage Relationship?

I have been talking to quite a few clients lately who describe their relationship as "verbally abusive." I previously wrote a blog on what a...

Are You in a Verbally Abusive Relationship?

Are you in a Verbally Abusive Relationship?A scientist conducted an experiment. She put frog number one into a pan of very hot water. ...

How to Treat Each Other with Respect

Why is it that when we get married or are in a relationship that we forget the common rules of respecting one another? It's an easy trap to...

Parenting a Child with Bipolar Disorder

Amy was a beautiful baby.She was different than her older sister as a baby, but each child is different right?Amy cried loudly, she cried more when...

Anger and Aggression in Children Part 1

Anger and aggression are not the same thing. Anger is a feeling and aggression is a behavior. Explain the difference to your child and...