June 7th, 2013
At the beginning of a relationship it is easy for two people to connect with one another. We loved coming home at the end of the day and being asked: “How was your day?” All the kisses, the hugs, the conversations, the sex, the whole nine yards felt sweeter than honey! With the passage of […]
Tags: being understood, communication, connecting, Couples, how was your day?, intimacy, menlo park counseling, re-connecting, Relationships, safe marriage couples conflict honesty
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May 29th, 2013
It is often said that successful people do the things that unsuccessful people either don’t want to do, can’t do, or won’t do. I have found in all my years of doing counseling with couples, that the same axiom holds true for them: happy couples do the things that less happy or unhappy couples don’t […]
Tags: being understood, closeness, communication, connection, Couples, help for couples, integrity, intimacy, menlo park counseling, Relationships
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July 10th, 2012
Reducing Defensiveness There are several things that get in the way of relationship satisfaction, and I suppose it’s up for debate as to which one is the most destructive. The one I see most frequently in my office, usually on a daily basis, is defensiveness. From what I can tell, no one is immune–we ALL […]
Tags: being understood, communication, conflict, conflict resolution, couple in conflict, Defensiveness, intimacy, menlo park counseling
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February 15th, 2012
Turns out that it’s the little things that make the biggest differences in the day to day routine with our partners/spouses that leave a couple feeling closer to, and safer with, each other. Try the following, and note the responses: –Catch your partner in the act of doing something you like and point it out… […]
Tags: being understood, communication, communication skills, menlo park counseling, prsonal inquiry
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February 8th, 2012
Seems one person or the other of a couple wants the other one to read their mind. This is what they tell me in my office : “He should KNOW what I like/want/need without my having to tell him. If I have to tell him what I want, well, then it doesn’t mean […]
Tags: anticipating, being understood, communication, menlo park counseling, mind reading, patterns, relatiionship
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