Cherishing Behaviors For Couples: Some Suggestions

When I was a practicing therapist, I often used this as a homework exercise for the couples I was working with. I had them post it on the bathroom mirror, the refrigerator door, the bedroom closet door and add new ones as they thought of them. The husbands loved it because they didn’t have to guess at...

What To Expect From Therapy

What To Expect From Therapy Many of us enter therapy hoping to get some quick relief from the distress that we are experiencing. We are aware that therapy is costing us a lot in terms of time, money, and energy and we want to see some immediate results, especially when we are in pain. It is important that...

Treatment Resourses

Treatment Centers and Programs is an online referral service available to assist you in finding the right treatment solutions and options that fit your specific needs. All inquiries are completely confidential either via the Web or through our toll-free customer line. There are different treatment...

Sweet Solitude, Part 1: Two Meanings of Alone

Time spent alone is not just about loneliness Published on March 20, 2011 by Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. in Living Single “You poor thing – you’re ‘alone’ – you ‘don’t have anyone.” I’ve been railing against this use of the word alone to describe single...

How to Deal With an Angry Spouse

It is important to differentiate the spouse whose anger is a healthy response to various partner insufficiencies, such as lack of attunement, inadequate empathy, neglect, poor partner functioning -in short anger as a protest to loss of love and safety – and anger which is more characterological, i.e.,...

Does Online Therapy Work? Study: Psychotherapy Can Boost Happiness More Than Money

“Researchers analyzed data on thousands of people who provided information about their mental well-being and found that the increase in happiness from a $1,329 course of therapy was so significant that it would take a pay raise of more than $41,542 to achieve an equal boost in well-being.” I know...