Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. You may have read about or even researched various personality types. A relatively well known example is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) developed by Isabel Myers and...
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...
Does Your Partner Take Offense Easily? There Are Complex And Nuanced Reasons For The Reaction.
Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. If you think back to a psychology class in college, or maybe you just enjoy reading widely, you may remember coming across experiments where monkeys were treated unfairly. In a...
Could Collaborating And Communicating Help Your Relationship?
Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. A recent buzz phrase in business consulting is collaborative communication. With a little reflection on both terms, you can easily get an idea of what the concept is all...
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...
Is Lying An Art?
Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. In day-to-day life we probably go about our business trying to be a pretty decent person. By the time we reach a basic level of maturity associated with adulthood we don’t...
Is Marital Hatred An Oxymoron? Or Normal?
Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. You want to stir up the conversation at your next dinner party? Try throwing out the term “normal marital hatred.” What? Hating your spouse or partner is normal? Anyone who has...
I vs. We In A Healthy Relationship
Marriage Counseling Insights brought to you by California Psychotherapeutic Resources, Inc. Most people have (or should have) a pretty well-developed sense of self before they enter a romantic relationship. A strong sense of identity and a balanced ego are foundations...