Maintaining Healthy Boundaries in Relationships

Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. A successful relationship is composed of two individuals – each with a clearly defined sense of her or his own identity. Without our own understanding of...

The Committed Relationship

Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Download this blog post as a PDF Emotionally committed relationships bring excitement and passion into our lives, especially when they are new. ...

Relationships and Manipulation

Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. We are all vulnerable to being manipulated in relationships, whether between romantic partners, friends, parents, children, employers, coworkers, or...

When Your Partner’s Feelings Don’t Show

Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “Fasten your seatbelt. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.” – Bette Davis When we commit to a relationship, we usually expect that our partner will...

Finding Intimacy

Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Many people search for that special intimacy in their relationship Some of us search our entire lives for a feeling of oneness with another person. It’s...

Staying Healthy At Work

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Are You Working Hard or Hardly Working? (Or Both?) The atmosphere of the workplace has changed dramatically in recent times. Ever since the...

Loneliness

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Only the lonely Know the way I feel tonight Only the lonely Know this feeling ain’t right   – Roy Orbison If you feel lonely, you’re not alone....

The Lasting Relationship

Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. A Successful Relationship Takes Work, Insight, and Commitment – and the Rewards Can Be Priceless One hallmark of success in life may be the ability to...

Worry, Worry

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. It’s a good thing that almost all of us worry. Think of worry as a built-in alarm device. When it is used wisely, it alerts us to danger and prompts us...

The Influence of Birth Order

Individual Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Birth Order Affects Our Behavior and Relationships If brothers and sisters are raised by the same parents, how do they end up so different? How is it...