Understanding Emotional Abuse in Marriage

An estimated 40 to 50 percent of marriages end in divorce.  The ability to communicate respectfully and when conflict does occur the ability to work through these hard moments back...

How to Know When It’s Time to Get Marriage Counseling

You may not really know when your marriage is in need of help. A classic dynamic in marriage is when one spouse wants to talk through the hard parts of...

How to Know When You Need Help for Sex Addiction

It is completely natural to be sexually attracted to others in your life. It’s human nature and absolutely healthy.  If your appetite for sex is becoming a debilitating factor in...

The Science of Influencing a Child’s Behavior

How to Get Your Child to Do More of What You Want – and Less of What You Don’t Want Most people can at least recognize Ivan Pavlov’s name and...

7 Communication Mistakes Every Parent Should Avoid

Your child may be a miniature version of you – or not! — but children (ages 0-17) are not miniature adults, no matter how much they act or insist to...

Keep Your Love Alive: A Quick Little Activity

Here’s a marriage enhancement activity that we at the Center for Marriage and Family Counseling recommend to some of our couples. Now you can do it too. If you do...

How Connected Is Your Marriage? Take the A.R.E Assessment

This quiz comes from marriage expert Dr. Sue Johnson, in her Hold Me Tight Program. Sue Johnson is the creator of the effective Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT). EFT has a...