Category: Communication

Do You Want More Intimacy? »

Are you interested in having more intimacy in your life?  It’s certainly one of the issues that many of my couples and singles want to work on when they see me for private counseling sessions.  The first thing…

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Can’t Buy Me Love: How Do Finances Affect Your Relationship? »

As a couples counselor for the past twenty years, I can safely say that the “Big Three” issues that couples see me about are: Money, Sex and Communication.

It’s doubtful that any of you are surprised…

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3 P’s of Relationship Dynamics: Pick, Provoke & Project »

I’ve posted a number of articles and videos on the psychology of how we come together to form relationships and the stages of relationship: the honeymoon stage, the power struggle stage and the conscious relationship

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Oprah Winfrey Talk Show Contest »

I’m excited to announce that I just submitted a video audition to Oprah’s talk show contest (this is different than the recent audition I did for Oprah’s new television network, OWN.  This is a contest and the top…

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Live Together or Get Married? »

Dr. Sheck
My boyfriend and I have been dating for about a year and he just asked me to move in with him. I am 29 and he is 33. He loves me and says he wants

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Are You A Maximizer or a Minimizer? »

Have you ever noticed that in your romantic relationships that one person usually plays the more active role and one plays the more passive role? Have you ever noticed that one person seems to be the “pursuer” and…

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The Relationship Bill of Rights »

I’ve been teaching a graduate class in Marriage and Family Therapy this semester and the focus of one class was on Virginia Satir, an incredible pioneer of family therapy.  She taught about the “Bill of Rights” for relationships…

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Four Daily Keys For A Successful Relationship »

People are always asking me for some easy tips to make their relationship better.  I don’t know if anything is ever “easy” yet I’ve got some information that is certainly very straightforward to implement and very logical as…

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A Feeling New Year »

It seems to me that for the most part, New Year’s resolutions focus on the tangible, focus on “stuff,” focus on material things. Or we focus on what we want to REMOVE from our lives –

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It’s All In The Kiss! »

“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.”

-Ingrid Bergman

A patient of mine asked me the other day if the way someone kisses is an indicator of how good…

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