What Happens in Therapy: From First Consult to Working Together
What Happens In Therapy?
Every therapist works differently. If we work together, this is what you may expect.
Free Initial Consultation
I encourage you to consider a free 30-minute initial consultation to see if I feel like a good fit for you. Read more about what happens in a consultation here.
Setting up Your First Appointment and Completing Forms
After our initial half-hour consultation, if you decide you would like to work together we will find a time that works well in your schedule.
Read More»Can You Affair Proof Your Marriage? 21 Concrete Strategies for Affair Proofing Yourself
- At March 31, 2018
- By Laura Lindekugel
- In Affairs, Infidelity, Midlife Crisis, Sex
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Can You Affair Proof Your Marriage? 21 Concrete Strategies for Affair Proofing Yourself
There seems to be some buzz in our culture recently around affair proofing your marriage. This concerns me because it suggests that infidelity happens in the context of a relationship in which there is deficit. The logic goes that if your relationship is strong and healthy, you’ll never have to face infidelity as a couple. The truth is much more complicated than that. Infidelity happens in relationships that are struggling, and it also happens in good relationships, relationships where there is love and connection, commitment, and sexual passion. It’s true. Many people express skepticism around this, and it points to just how often we blame or assume fault with those who have been betrayed, even subtly. Infidelity happens in every kind of relationship.
Read More»Talking about Sex: Differences in Desire
- At April 26, 2015
- By Holly Birkeland
- In Growing Closer, Sex, Uncategorized
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Sex is a challenge for many couples. Do these situations sound familiar to you?
- Your partner wants sex more often than you do, and you feel guilty about it, or
- You feel unloved/unattractive/undesirable because your partner doesn’t want to have sex with you
- You don’t touch your partner much anymore because touch is interpreted as attempt to have sex, and the rejection is killing you, or
- You move away from your partner when you get touched because your partner just wants sex
Differences in desire are common. Here are a couple of things to think about:
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