Relationship & Marriage Counseling

When To Break Up

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

In the Early Stages of Dating, Knowing When to Break Up Questions to ask yourself when debating a breakup: You have felt stuck in your relationship for a while now. You go back and forth about breaking up with your partner all the time. You are feel...

Supporting your Depressed Partner

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Supporting your Depressed Partner: Having a partner to share your life with can be a very rewarding and life changing experience. There may be times in most relationships however, when someone’s viewpoint and way of life may not match their loved one...

Parking Lot of Emotions

By Center for Growth Therapists

Do you find yourself bringing past fights into current fights with your partner? Do you hold back talking to your partner because you’re holding a grudge? Have issues popped up, without warning, which creates a bigger fight than anticipated? You may ...

Resolving Conflict

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Resolving Conflict: Understanding Your Partner's Point of View   The Scenario: Two lovers in a heated fight: One person thinking “You make me so mad! If you would have just done “it” the way I wanted we would not have be in this argument right n...

Too busy for sex

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Too Busy for Sex Your daughter forgot to tell you about the school project that’s due tomorrow.  Your son’s soccer game starts in 45 minutes and the washer just broke.  Your toddler got a raisin stuck up his nose, and there’s a huge deadline at work....

The Four Horsemen of Communication

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

The four horsemen of communication - a common theme among married couples is that anger and fighting are viewed as negative within the relationship. According to John Gottman, a leader in couple’s counseling and research, the release of anger can be ...

ReCentering Yourself After A Break-Up

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

You just broke up with your partner, and you now find yourself with an enormous amount of energy that you used to spend on that person. Take this opportunity to re-center that energy onto yourself. Often times, people tend to use this energy in the w...

Breaking The Negative Velcro Loop

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Now that you know a little about how the Negative Velcro Loop starts getting into autopilot with your partner, by not having the awareness of what you are feeling, or by having the awareness of your experiences but not feeling safe to disclose these ...

Negative Velcro Loop

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Most of us are looking to obtain a healthy and happy relationship. Unfortunately, sometimes we find ourselves stuck in what seems like an unhealthy, unhappy relationship with no insight as to how to fix it or what is even truly wrong. Understanding w...

When is the ideal time to have a baby as a couple?

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

You've found yourself at a place in your relationship where you and partner are starting to have the discussion of “When is the ideal time to have a baby as a couple?” You and your partner may be realizing that, you're not so sure how to answer this ...

Making Skype Sexy

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Communication is the key in any long distance relationship.  Luckily, in our modern, tech-savvy society there are several mediums that can promote and enhance sexual communication.  One unique way of communicating long distance, in a personal way, is...

Infidelity and Marriage

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

The discovery of your your spouse’s infidelity can stir up a mixture of powerful feelings from hurt, despair, betrayal, anger, sadness, jealousy, and the list goes on. The discovery of being cheated on (infidelity) creates a crisis in your life, and ...

Sexlosteem: How Women Can Overcome

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

 If you are ready to take the next step to combat your fears, negative thoughts, and increase your intimacy with your partner start here. This tip is designed to help the women that are struggling with Sexlosteem during intimate moments with their pa...

Will This Relationship Last?

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

The answer is simple, it all depends upon how determined each individual is to make the relationship work.If two people want to make the relationship last forever, it will. Many couples agree to disagree on many topics. How healthy the relationship i...

When To Use An Intervention

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

When to use an intervention?Have you recently experienced a loved one's ongoing inability and failure to take care of themselves? Have you given him/her the books to read, provided the suggestions to improve their situation, engaged in endless discus...

Warning Signs Of A Sex Compulsion

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Warning Signs Sex Compulsion:  If you have ever wondered if your partner struggles with a sex compulsion, read this list and discover for yourself how well your partner fits the description.  Does your partner wake up early or stay up late to “watch...

Sexual Desire Issue

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Are you and your partner struggling with sexual desire?  Do you feel pressure to perform although you’re not in the mood?  Is sex unsatisfying?  Does it feel like a chore?  Do you feel like you have a great relationship in all areas but just don’t co...

Developing a Shared Financial Vision

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Money Problems and Financial Concerns:   Couples often enter into relationships with different financial expectations, desires, goals, habits and ways of communicating.  Some people have debt, savings, and commitments to paying for extended family me...

Level Of Commitment

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

Are you insecure about your partner’s level of commitment for you? Do you feel like your partner has the upper hand in the relationship? Are madly in love with her and she is aloof towards you or fallen out of love? Do you wonder why you are still in...

Keeping The Romance Alive

By "Alex" Caroline Robboy

A key to any successful relationship is keeping the romance alive. People living in long term relationships have to set aside time each week to re-get-to-know their partner.  For some people this might simply be cooking a meal together, going to slee...