A home should be a happy place, or at least a safe place. Dealing daily with the outside world, with its tensions, pressures, and surprises, can be difficult. The home is a place to come back to, a place to feel free, relaxed, and comfortable. The home should be the...
Looking For Love In All The Right Places
“This above all – to thine own self be true.” – Polonius in Hamlet (William Shakespeare) Although some people prefer to remain single throughout their lives, most people strive to connect with and live in partnership with one special person. There are many obvious...
Working On Your Relationship – By Yourself
Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. You Can Create a Successful Relationship – Even If You Must Do It Alone Conflicts can be expected to arise in even the strongest of relationships. Two...
Communicating When You Have Conflict
Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Conflict between people is a fact of life – and it’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, a relationship with frequent conflict may be healthier than...
The Crisis of Infidelity
Marriage Counseling insights brought to you by Westlake Village-based California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. “There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen The single most destructive threat to a committed relationship is...
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...