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On Attachment Styles & Building Earned Secure Attachment

A lot of clients come into therapy knowing their attachment style, sure that they’ll never be able to maintain a secure attachment because of things that happened in their childhood that were out of their control. You are not stuck in one pattern or way of interacting with others and existing in relationships. Read more about your attachment style, how to build a new attachment style, and feel more secure in relationships.

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On the Importance of Validating Others’ Emotions & How to Start

When we practice validation, we’re letting someone know that their internal experience and feelings are understandable and we’re communicating that they are okay to feel. By validating someone else’s experience you’re not invalidating your own--two people can be having different experiences and they’re both completely valid. Here’s 3 steps on how to validate others’ feelings.

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On Why Starting Sex Therapy with Your Partner Can Be Life-Changing

Sex is a big part of life! So, when partners are having difficulties around sex, it takes up a lot of space in the relationship. Read on to learn about all of the ways that starting sex therapy can benefit your relationship and get some of your most burning questions answered!

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On the Pandemic Relationship Pressure Cooker & How it Can Save Your Relationship

Is anyone else feeling like their partnership is all over the place right now? As a couple therapist I can comfortably proclaim: partners are not meant to spend all of their time together. There is also opportunity during this time to learn more about what hasn't been working and where to start to make changes. Read on for more!

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On Building a Thriving Partnership: Moving from Codependence towards Interdependence

Being in an intimate relationship is one of the most challenging and rewarding of all of the experiences of being a human. Love relationships are the subject of countless novels, songs and movies. Yet, we are all taught to be worried about being codependent or losing our independence within a partnership. Interdependence is essential for healthy, successful relationships, here's where to start!

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