Couples Counseling

Common Law Has Potential

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: The USA Network, Couples Counseling, Sonya Walger, Michael Ealy, Common Law Show, Homicide, Common Law, TV News

Common Law shows promise but it had better hit its stride and do it quickly. Chemistry is everything -- these people better get in the lab and start brewing it up.

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Secrets Of A (Gay) Marriage

Aly Windsor | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Marriage, Couples Therapy, Divorce, Gay Marriage, Couples Counseling, Same-Sex Couples, Marital Problems, Gay Couples, Gay Divorce, Gay Voices News

Because of our sexuality we felt additional pressure to appear publicly unbreakable. We knew that people in our own families, as well as many more strangers, would be pleased to see us, a queer couple with a young baby, break up. It made me sick to give those people that satisfaction.

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'Couples Therapy': DMX Has Mommy Issues

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Tashera Simmons, Couples Counseling, TV Canada, Couples Therapy, Therapy, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Dmx, Dr Jenn Berman, Tv Replay, Bv-Video, Vh1, TV News

DMX had a breakthrough on "Couples Therapy" (Wed., 10 p.m. ET on VH1) as he talked to therapist Dr. Jenn Berman about his relationship with his estran...

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'Couples Therapy': DMX Flips Out And Threatens To Quit

Posted 03.29.2012

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"Couples Therapy" (Wed., 9 p.m. ET on VH1) got off to a tumultuous start, and there were no signs of things slowing down on Wednesday night's episode...

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How To Stop Playing The 'Blame Game'

Dr. Fran Cohen Praver | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, Marriage, Spousal Blame, Marriage Advice, Blame, Marriage Therapy, Marital Advice, Happy Marriage, After the Wedding, Weddings News

By the blame game, I am referring to fights in which each spouse insists on being right and that the other is wrong. We've all played the blame game at some time or another.

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Are Open Marriages Always Doomed?

Rachel A. Sussman, LCSW | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Couples Counseling, Marriage, Newt Gingrich Open Marriage, Relationship Advice, Divorce, Open Marriage, Divorce News

It seems like everyone is discussing the concept of open marriages this week after Marianne Gingrich, the second wife of GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, claimed in an ABC News "Nightline" interview that her ex asked her to enter into an "open marriage" arrangement so he could continue to see his affair partner, Callista Bisek.

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How To Overcome The #1 Biggest Challenge For Divorcees

Dr. David P. Steinberg | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Divorce, Separation, Psychotherapist, Divorce News

The biggest shock often happens after the separation, when suddenly you find yourself alone in your house or apartment with no children or partner.

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How Does Hollywood Think You Should Save Your Marriage?

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, The Marriage Counselor, Kris Humphries, Marriage Counseling in Film, Film, Kim Kardashian, Slidepollajax, The Marriage Counselor Film, Movies, Tyler Perry, Weddings News

It's only been a week and a half since Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from husband Kris Humphries, but the reality star is already getting back to w...

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What Does Sex REALLY Do To Marriage?

Tammy Nelson, Ph.D. | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, After the Wedding, Relationships, Sex, Marriage Therapy, Relationship Advice, Sex Therapy, Weddings News

There are several predictable phases that your sex life will pass through in your marriage. Understanding them can help you work on your sex life and stay erotic for life.

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Couples Therapy For Dummies

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Marital Therapy, Couples Therapy, Couples, Love and Relationships, Relationship Counseling, Couples Counseling, Healthy Living News

Clarity-Based Couples Therapy involves teaching each partner to confront and fully resolve conflicts as they arise. As it turns out, most people avoid conflict not because they lack the will to deal with it but because they lack a way to do it.

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How We FAILED Divorce Mediation

Failed Mediation | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couples Counseling, Divorce Counseling, Divorce Settlement, Divorce Mediation, Divorce News

It's fairly upsetting to be told you're not quite ready for civilized divorce. All tension aside, I really had thought that my husband and I would be...

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Can Negativity Save a Rocky Marriage?

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011

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New research seems to suggest that indeed, for troubled couples, false positivity may actually gloss over issues that really need attention, exacerbating rather than solving problems.

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Couple's Counseling: How to Know When to Call It Off

Elizabeth Cunningham | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationships, Counseling Therapy, Counseling Relationship, Couple's Counseling, Counseling Advice, Healthy Living News

Last week I posted a piece that used the circus as a metaphor for couple's counseling. As follow-up, here are few topics to consider when deciding whether or not to fold the tent.

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Couples Counseling: A 3-Ring Circus

Elizabeth Cunningham | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Couples Therapy, Relationship Counseling, Couples Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Relationships, Counseling for Couples, Marriage Therapy, Couple Counseling, Healthy Living News

When I work with couples, I feel like I am under the Big Top. There may not be elephants, clowns or trapeze artists (not literally, anyway) but there are definitely three rings.

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Thinking Inside The Box

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Get-Rich-Quick-Scams, Marriage, Creative Thinking, Couples-Counseling, Polyamory, Fidelity, Alternative Medicine, Heartbreak, Open Relationships, Affairs, Jealousy, Sexuality, Communication, Relationships, Healthy Living News

So many creativity experts constantly push everyone to "think outside the box." But there's something to be said for keeping your thoughts comfortably confined within the walls of whatever box you find yourself in.

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Guns & Romance

Leighann Lord | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Couples Counseling, Gun Control, College Shooting, Couples, Connecticut, Comedy News

Love is complicated. Science has shown that the chemical make up of the brain while in love looks very similar to mental illness. Add this to any pre-existing pathologies and the situation gets problematic.

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