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...

Effectively Communicating with Your Spouse

An Interview with Therapist Diane DuBois LMFT By: Jaleh Are you having a difficult time communicating with your spouse? If so you’re not alone. Many married couples have a difficult time getting along because of poor communication skills. To help understand common communication mistakes married couples...

Why Do Bullies Bully?

We’re all familiar with bullying - those deliberate, aggressive behaviors intended to cause harm to others.  Chances are, if you haven’t been the recipient or the doer of these hostile acts, you’ve at least seen bullying occur at some point in your childhood.  Although bullying is an...

Cherishing Behavior and How to Keep It

Cherishing Behaviors For Couples: Some Suggestions When you are reading this, you will recall some of the pleasing and delightful behaviors that drew you to each other during courtship, or which were practiced during some happy times or even in crisis times. Select from this list, or one of your own, two or...

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.,...