A companion workbook to the enormously successful New York Times bestselling relationship book, Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. In 1988, Harville Hendrix in partnership with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, published a terrifically successful relationship guide, Getting the Love You Want. The book introduced thousands to their Imago Relationship Therapy, a […]
Top 10 Ways to Cope with Job Transition
Job transitions can be stressful—whether they’re due to layoff, a new job or working extra hours because others workers were laid off. If you’re facing one, consider the following. Take an honest look at yourself. What are your strengths, weaknesses, skills? How did those influence—positively or negatively—your transition? Step up your self-care. Major changes are […]
Accessing the Power of Gratitude
The practice of gratitude as a tool for happiness has been in the mainstream for years. Long-term studies support gratitude’s effectiveness, suggesting that a positive, appreciative attitude contributes to greater success in work, greater health, peak performance in sports and business, a higher sense of well-being, and a faster rate of recovery from surgery. But […]
The Ghost Man
If you follow my blog at all, you know I tend to write about whatever crosses my path – especially if I’m seeing a lot of it. It’s almost life’s way of saying, “Hey! This is a thing. Maybe you should mention it?” So, I’m mentioning this latest relationship dynamic that is jumping out at […]
Regrets
Despite what people may tell you, everyone has at least one relationship regret. In my almost 20 years of being a therapist, I have never met a client who didn’t wish they had done something different in a past relationship – it’s totally normal. The problem arises when you can’t let the regret go; when […]
The Dark Days, by Kate Alcamo, M.S., LCMFT
I am writing this post 5 months to the day after the birth of my beautiful baby girl, Riley. It has been a bit more challenging to write than I had thought it would be. The idea behind writing this blog came during the first two months post partum. In fact, during that time I had […]
How My Dog Showed Me It’s Better to Speak Up Than To Stay Silent About Pain
Post written by Jennifer Fang-Pan, M.S., LGMFT In a culture of limitless instant sharing apps and formats, it can be hard to strike equilibrium between giving stalkers instant success or going to the opposite extreme of boycotting everyone in your inner circle of friends and family. I’m advocating for a little more sharing, just […]
What’s Been The Greatest Surprise of Your Life So Far? Here’s Mine
So I’ve been thinking about this post for a while now, and I think the main reason I haven’t written it until today is that I am just now accepting this surprise as fact. But I get ahead of myself…let me tell you the story. Fair warning: this post is about me and my life, […]
Confessions of a Therapist: Yes, Your Therapist Buys Twinkies Too
It never fails to surprise me how clients see therapists as infallible. Well, maybe not infallible – there are enough news stories to prove otherwise – but above it all somehow: above the pain of living. Clients assume we’ve never had marital problems, trouble with our kids, drug or alcohol problems, or suffered abuse ourselves […]
Sex and the City
Laurel Fay provides guest commentary by analyzing Carrie and Big’s relationship in Sex and the City.