Dr. Roher

Tears came to her eyes as she held the book in her hands and leafed through it while repeating, “I knew you could do it. I knew you could do it.”

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Not that I know much more about this now, but I certainly have much more appreciation for all the work and expertise that goes on behind the scenes in the self-publishing process.

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So the system that works under ordinary circumstances ceases to provide the help needed under extraordinary ones.

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It became clear to me now that their running together – and separately – was a microcosm of the gradual disconnection that had been developing between them, a reflection of a bigger disconnection in their relationship.

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Some people who can’t save the relationship still live together to save money.

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The idea for our book about couples at the crossroads in their relationships came to me one day as I was thinking about how to reach more people than just my patients with information I thought would be helpful to them. After all, we are all in relationships of one sort or another. We all have been in relationships [...]

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In the previous blog we discussed some of the main reasons why couples tend to be hesitant to seek professional help when they experience serious relational problems. In this blog we will discuss what makes therapy work.
The therapist, in addition to his or her knowledge of relational problems and experience in the new field of [...]

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Many couples who experience relational problems at some point may consider the option of couples counseling. They often do so when they get so frustrated and stymied by what is happening to them that they do not know what else to do. So, unfortunately, therapy becomes the last option for a lot of distressed couples, [...]

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In this seventh and last blog on sexting, we discuss what happens after one partner has acknowledged sexting with a third person outside of the primary relationship. How can the two partners rebuild their relationship, or is this impossible to do?
First of all, it is important to say that each situation is different, so what [...]

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The other day you were looking, totally innocently, for a telephone number in your partner’s phone, and what you found was much more than the number you were looking for! Now you don’t know what to do with the information.
You have discovered your partner has been sexting with a coworker for a few weeks: How [...]

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