Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Ah, people harbor a lot of romantic notions about long-term relationships. Young people especially are prone to romanticizing a lifetime commitment, with ideas about soulmates...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. As Tolstoy’s opening lines to Anna Karenina attest, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Couples probably instinctively know...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. It’s the rare couple who says, nope, our relationship is perfect — nothing to improve here. Add in the stress of forced changes in lifestyle over the last 18 months — from a...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. The joy of a romantic relationship can be almost boundless. Why then, is that potential for joy so often checked — sabotaged, perhaps, by our own behavior? One answer lies in...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. We all bring a lot of common sense to our relationships. If you’re pretty well grounded, you can probably spot someone who is, shall we say, “self oriented.” In everyday...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. In a recent blog post, we wrote about a particular problem that couples may face to varying degrees. It’s a pattern of behavior known as a “trauma bond.” In this kind of a...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Here’s a statement that should make most couples smile (if not laugh out loud): relationships are hard! Yes, even good relationships require work. Beyond normal relationships,...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. The short answer is, absolutely yes. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has a variety of features, including a tendency to pull away from certain situations or...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Couples who experience less-than-acceptable intimacy in their relationship are hardly alone. Sometimes, one partner may lean toward being a “love addict” while the other is a...

Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. As many a couple can attest, sexual relations can be surprisingly and at times infuriatingly complicated. One complicating factor is how important intimacy is to sexual...