How to Recognize Red Flags When Dating

How to Recognize Red Flags When Dating

Ah, the dating pool. A chaotic confusing place full of mixed messages and red flags. The optimist in us believes red flags are easy to spot, yet that’s typically not how it works. It’s easy to see them in other people’s relationships, sure. It’s just way more...
Am I Codependent?

Am I Codependent?

Codependence is one of those things that doesn’t seem to be all that bad. In fact, people who exhibit codependent traits and characteristics are often well-liked ordinary functional members of society. Things could be a lot worse, right? What is Codependence? Becoming...
What is Attachment and How Does it Influence My Relationship?

What is Attachment and How Does it Influence My Relationship?

You’ve just had another bad fight. You spent the whole weekend fixated on your phone, and they never called or responded to your texts. “It’s rude, disrespectful! You told me we should do something Saturday, and then…nothing!” You were literally a bundle of nerves,...
Why Self-Pay for Therapy?

Why Self-Pay for Therapy?

For anyone who’s curious about whether or not they could benefit from therapy, there’s one way to tell for sure: Are you breathing? Great. You need therapy. All joking aside, all of us can benefit from therapy at one point or another. No matter who you are or what you...
5 Qualities to Look for In a Good Therapist

5 Qualities to Look for In a Good Therapist

For many, the prospect of therapy – of having to open up and share your deepest most vulnerable self with a stranger – is terrifying. In fact, fear is cited as one of the main reasons many people who could benefit from therapy opt out, instead. However, the key to...
Could You Be Codependent Without Realizing it?

Could You Be Codependent Without Realizing it?

Codependence. It sounds nice, doesn’t it? Like two people in a mutually beneficial alliance, dependent on one another because they’re so in love they just can’t help themselves.  Yet far from being something to aspire toward, the word belies the truth:...