You may be thinking, “What do I do if I love my partner, but I’m no longer in love with him (or her)?” Perhaps you no longer feel the same excitement and passion that you did early on in the relationship. In over 40 years of research with over 3000 couples,...
Michael Brown, MSC, LMFT You feel hurt, angry, frustrated, righteously indignant, or jealous and you want to reach out to (or strike out at) your spouse or partner, but they are not there. So, you send them an angry or sarcastic text message. Thus begins the text war,...
How familiar are you with your spouse’s inner world? What do you know about your partner’s history, concerns, preferences, worries, and the current world? How do you update your knowledge of your spouse’s inner world? In more than four decades of...
I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist and Certified Gottman Therapist at Happy Couples Healthy Communities, a marriage, and family therapy private practice in Bartram Park, Jacksonville, Florida. Today I would like to talk with you about “Acceptance...