Why Do Couples Grow Apart and What Can You Do About It?
When we all seem to be spending considerable energy trying…
Living With Anxiety- Tips for Helping Calm Anxiety
Living With Anxiety Over 40 million adults in the…
Adult ADHD- Can you get diagnosed as an adult? Is that even helpful?
How can I get evaluated for ADHD as an adult?…
What Attachment Styles Are Most Compatible?
Are you anxiously attached? Avoidant? Disorganized? What do all of…
Why We Love Horror and True Crime
It’s that time of year again where we (pre-COVID) should be lining up outside of haunted houses, spending hours crafting scary costumes and hosting Halloween III movie parties. All to scare ourselves (and others) silly. But why? Why do we like being scared? What draws us to the dark side of things where people are stalked, maimed or even killed? This delight in discomfort goes waaaay back. Clearly the Victorians were having a heyday with it with stories of Jack the Ripper, Frankenste […]
Your Brain During Arguments– Article by Stan Tatkin, PsyD
The following article appeared on time.com last month and is a HUGE topic in my work with couples. One of the first things I try to teach couples is that memory is faliable and so the “he said/she said” fight where one person opens with “when you said/did _____” and the other person fires right back “THAT’S NOT WHAT I SAID/DID!” to which the other now disbelieving partner yells “Oh my gosh YES IT IS!” followed by something like “I remember EXACTLY what you said, it was Tuesday and we […]
Neuroplasticity – How Our Brain Changes
We’ve all heard that its hard to teach an old…