How To Help a Person With Borderline Personality Disorder

How To Help a Person With Borderline Personality Disorder

Loving someone with borderline personality disorder can be challenging. Here are some tips to help you cope. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental disorder that involves periods of mood instability, self-harming behaviors and feelings of emptiness. A...
Communication Help:  The Art of Listening

Communication Help: The Art of Listening

There is more to listening though, than just being aware of your blocks. So here are steps to listening.1.    Stop what you are doing, face the person, become present and then listen. This means you have to stop typing on the computer,...
5 Practical Tips to Deal with a Emotionally Explosive Spouse

5 Practical Tips to Deal with a Emotionally Explosive Spouse

Dealing with an emotionally explosive spouse is not easy. One minute you’re fine and you feel like you know your partner, the next, you feel like you’re married to a stranger.While every marriage has its ups and downs, emotional explosions and angry outbursts really...
10 Ingredients to a Healthy Relationship [Infographic]

10 Ingredients to a Healthy Relationship [Infographic]

Many times we know what we don’t want better than we know what we do want.  This is true for couples that I see in my practice as well.  It is sometimes easier to voice complaints:  “He/She doesn’t make me happy...