Developmental Stages of a Relationship

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. If you’ve been through a romantic relationship or two, you probably know that the initial phase of infatuation eventually fades and a less intense but more sustainable...

Can You Change Your Partner? Should You?

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. In the early stages of a relationship, mutual attraction can drive the entire process. If you’ve read about the chemistry of infatuation, then you realize that you’re not...

Real-Life Rules For A Successful Marriage

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc.  Let’s take a show of hands — how long were you in a romantic relationship before you realized that keeping things upbeat required a little work? A couple months? Six months? A...

Red Flags, Jealousy and More in a Relationship

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Since time immemorial the poets have told us a simple truth: Love is blind. Scientists, with their modern sensibilities, give us the reason for the poetic insight: infatuation...

The Most Common Reasons Relationships Fail.

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Lewis Howes is a bestselling author who uses a variety of media channels to deliver his message: You Were Born For Greatness. Psychotherapist and bestselling author Esther...

Word of the Year – Gaslighting

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Have you ever unfriended someone? If so, you were taking action on Oxford Language’s 2009 Word of the Year: Unfriend. Or maybe you’ve included an animated graphic in a...