Honoring Your Authentic Self Around Family and the Holidays
By Holly Marks, MA, NCC, LPCC on Saturday, December 14th, 2024 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Falling in love is the easy part. The more difficult part of a relationship is the staying in love for the rest of your life.
We have created this marriage blog to give you hope that your marriage relationship can be saved with the commitment to work on it. Even if your spouse doesn’t want to work on the marriage, you can still work on yourself to become a healthier person and more loving spouse.
By Holly Marks, MA, NCC, LPCC on Saturday, December 14th, 2024 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Deck the halls with boughs of Holly…and family fights, anxiety, and disappointment. The holiday season can be full of so much joy and happiness, and sometimes, it can also come with conflict, stressful family gatherings, and pain. This time of year can be a good time to acknowledge the different roles we play and the […]
By Tyler White on Saturday, November 16th, 2024 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
As kind of a sentiment as wedding speeches are, there have been few that have left a lasting impression on me. That is perhaps what made one of the speeches from a wedding I recently attended so memorable and profound. The father-of-the-groom, a retired marriage and family therapist, talked about how in his career he […]
By Sara Corona, MA, LPC on Thursday, November 12th, 2020 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Helping Couples Stay Healthy In Covid-19 Era For most, 2020 has been filled with many ups and downs. The presence of Covid19 has forced people to shift their daily routines and adjust to new realities. From working from home to spending more time together in quarantine, many couples have found themselves questioning their relationship as […]
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Shame: Experience Differently Shame is a very difficult emotion to experience. Everyone, men and women experience shame at one time or another as it is a very universal human emotion. How we deal with it determines if we get stuck in our shame and cope in unhealthy ways or allow it to be known and […]
By Kevin Palmer on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Couples “Blame Game” Dr. Neil Farber, CLC, noted in an article published by Psychology Today, October 2010, Guinness Book has recognized “The Blame Game” as the oldest recorded game ever played. Adam blamed Eve for seducing him into eating the apple. Within days of creation, blaming became a part of intimate relationships.
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Sunday, January 29th, 2017 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Reconnecting Relationships The highest percent increase in divorce is empty nest couples. What a shame after they’ve raised families and developed careers that they neglected their own relationship that they then decide to divorce. What would have been better is to have seen a couples counselor to work through emptiness in relationship. The kids are […]
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Mature Love Falling in love is easy. It’s the staying in love part that is difficult. The emotions involved with falling in love can make you feel like you’re on top of the world. However, that giddy, heart-skipping-a-beat sort of love doesn’t last forever. Without taking steps to acquire a mature love, you can fall out […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Traits For Relationships Science says lasting relationships come down to—you guessed it—kindness and generosity. Every day in June, the most popular wedding month of the year, about 13,000 American couples will say “I do,” committing to a lifelong relationship that will be full of friendship, joy, and love that will carry them forward to their […]
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Sunday, November 20th, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Trusting Your Gut When you meet someone and are challenged are sexually attracted, it’s always important to learn to stay centered and listen to your gut in the early stages of being with someone. This isn’t easy in the midst of hormones surging, but it’s essential to make healthy relationship decisions. Dr. Judith Orloff MD […]
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Saturday, November 12th, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Relationship Killer: Anger Anger isn’t a bad emotion. However, the behaviors that people exhibit when they feel angry can make it a relationship killer. Anger problems are at the root of many marital issues. Sometimes people aren’t aware that their anger is a problem (but often others around them are). The extent of an anger problem […]