METROPOLITAN MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPY, PLLC
Are you generous in your relationship? Do you freely give from your heart with no strings attached, tit-for-tat, score keeping, need for acknowledgement, manipulation, or any other funny business? This may appear as an obvious rule to follow in our relationship but I...
Time and again the prevalent theme in initial sessions with couples is reactivity, anger, fighting, hopelessness, criticism and lots of pointing fingers. The partners appear to be enemies. The pain is palpable in the room. A real sad state of affairs! All this noise...
I don't know why partners can be wonderful people to strangers, and yet awful to each other. Wait, actually I do know why! There is an inherent risk in being nice to our partner... We create the opportunity for being available, vulnerable, close, intimate, One......
We are usually mindful of keeping a clean home, garage, car, office, etc. We make efforts at staying clutter free and squeaky clean. We trash, recycle, donate and put our stuff on eBay, bring to consignments shops, have garage sales or send to less fortunate...
A common theme I find in struggling relationships, is partners owning each other... Partners fall in love with their partner, to then want to change their partner and the very characteristics they fell in love with in the first place! This is not pretty. This is not...
When your life feels like it's not working, when your relationship feels like it's not working - have you pondered why? I'm sure you have! The problem with this pondering that you might be doing is that you are probably focusing on the wrong things and that is why you...
What is a Successful Relationship? Is being with your spouse, partner, for decades the definition of a successful relationship? Is it raising awesome children? Is it having financial resources, a beautiful home? Is it having our partner do stuff for us? Is it having...
The hecticness and speediness of today's pace of life makes it challenging for partners to synchronize, connect and bond. Add to this each partner's limitations and the journey to Intimacy can feel pretty daunting. It's no wonder partners don't know how to be intimate...
