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Common Marriage Problems There are lots of reasons that couples may decide to seek help and get marriage counseling. There are some common themes that marriage counselors encounter when couples seek help for their marriage. Many of these are similar to what our depression counselors face working with their clients. Most marriage counselors are comfortable […]


Mean Marriages Emotions can actually be like a bad cold. Spend enough time with others, and you’re likely to catch whatever they have (or feel). It’s important to take a look at how this can impact your relationship.


There are Four Key Filters: Moods. If you are in a bad mood, your negative emotional state can be a filter. And if you are in a bad mood, you are more likely to perceive whatever someone says or does more negatively, no matter how positive he or she is trying to be. Moods are […]


Dr. John Gottman has been studying couples for the last four decades to understand why some relationships are like ticking time bombs that result in divorce or chronic unhappiness, while others work well, are satisfying, and remain stable over a lifetime. What have the Gottmans taught us about what works and doesn’t work in relationships? […]


Digging Deeper Into Anger Management If you are doing your work in anger management, you have learned how to become aware of your anger, how to stop yourself when you are getting angry, and how to calm yourself down. You have also started to evaluate your anger by considering why you got angry and then […]


Emotion Regulation: Observing Yourself Without Judging Yourself Self-Destructive behaviors can only offer you temporary relief. In the long term, they are all more damaging to yourself and others. For this reason, it’s important that you begin to notice what the rewards are for all your behaviors, but especially the self-destructive ones. This is the key […]


Improving Marriage Relationship Denver Newly married couples are often unprepared for the challenges of marriage (no matter whether they had premarital counseling or not).  When the “honeymoon” phase is over, the real relationship begins and the challenging phase of sharing life begins.  Many marriages begin to fall apart because our culture doesn’t teach couples how to […]


Three Ways to Strengthen Marriage Dr. John Gottman has been studying couples for the last four decades to understand why some relationships are like ticking time bombs that result in divorce or chronic unhappiness, while others work well, are satisfying, and remain stable over a lifetime. Social scientists do not have a good track record […]


“Don’t you trust me?” “How can I trust him/her?” Trust is foundational for all relationships, but especially for our marriages. Trust is not so easy to cultivate and, once broken, can be excruciatingly difficult to repair. Some people come by it naturally. They find it easy to trust others, maybe because they saw good examples […]


Relationship Counselors Article in NY Times By TARA PARKER-POPE AUGUST 25, 2014, reports couples who are decisive in entering their marriage relationship have better and longer lasting marriages than those who just casually decide to get married after years of living together or deciding it is the next step. Do you have a decisive marriage? […]


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