Relationships experience an intrinsic ebb and flow. Much like the Miami tide, challenges in a partnership flow in and out rhythmically. A successful couple can manage challenges and conflicts while maintaining the connection to keep a healthy balance. Even a successful...

Is an impending divorce wreaking havoc on your well-being? Were relationship "red flags" waving for quite some time, but you turned a blind eye to them? From the outside or even from within the marriage, the relationship may not have...

Unlike other partnerships, marriage is multidimensional and ever-evolving. Maintaining closeness can be challenging. Often, couples who attend marriage counseling with me in Miami, find out what couples everywhere know as well:  intimacy is routinely threatened by the stresses of everyday...

So you've found that one, special person. The chemistry feels right. And if you're like most couples, you feel prompted to take the next step in your relationship, marriage. So you take the big leap. And now, that you've returned to...

Many people believe that having great sex should happen naturally. However, that’s not always true. While sex is a natural and basic human function, establishing a satisfying sex life with your partner can prove challenging. Aside from the general anatomy of...

I am often asked by couples if the way they behave towards each other is “normal”. Normal in psychological terms is the equivalent to average. What they really want to know is how well or poorly they are doing as compared...

Most of us have heard the expression, "love is blind". It is a way of explaining why, when we are in love, we tend to overlook the negatives in our partners and focus only on the positives. When two people...

We all have disagreements. We may bicker about or debate our differences but  just having a disagreement is not cause for a battle. Some people take what could be seen as a simple disagreement to the level of  a major conflict. A...

Whether you had an idea that things were not going so well or you were caught completely off guard, your spouse has now stated with clarity that divorce is the next step. Even if you had been fighting on a...

Sarah was dating Fred for about 2 years. They were both in their mid-30s and were developing careers. Both partners felt pretty comfortable in the relationship. The comfort level changed however when Sarah had “the conversation” with Fred. Sarah had felt...