Posted in communication, intimacy, love relationship, stress management on Nov 20th, 2011
The most important gift to couples is that this situation allows time for reflecting and thinking about how they got to this point.
Posted in communication, love relationship, stress management on Nov 18th, 2011
And a perfect storm was exactly what hit many couples who, when the real estate market collapsed, felt trapped in their own homes.
Posted in communication, love relationship, stress management on Nov 17th, 2011
Couples throughout the world, when exposed to economic distress, show higher incidences of interpersonal conflict, depression, domestic violence and substance abuse.
Posted in communication, intimacy, love relationship on Nov 16th, 2011
What are the external factors that are contributing to increased rates of interpersonal conflicts for couples?
Posted in love relationship on Nov 14th, 2011
Affective relationships give us a sense of purpose and provide added meanings to our lives, actions, and choices, as they create powerful motivations to set and pursue goals which aim is that of maintaining them. They affect us deeply, offering us opportunities to feel and express emotions that come from our universal need to be [...]
Posted in love relationship on Nov 12th, 2011
All intimate relationships are supported by two pillars: Intimacy andSafety.
Intimacy implies both closeness and communication (Holmes, J.Attachment, Intimacy, Autonomy, J. Aronson, 1996.) The more we communicate with one another, the closer we get. The closer we get, the easier and deeper our communication. Intimacy develops gradually, as couples share personal information of an emotional nature with [...]
Posted in communication, intimacy, love relationship, stress management on Oct 13th, 2011
So the system that works under ordinary circumstances ceases to provide the help needed under extraordinary ones.
Posted in communication, intimacy, love relationship on Oct 12th, 2011
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.
Posted in communication, love relationship on Oct 9th, 2011
Posted in communication, love relationship on Oct 4th, 2011
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 [...]
