The Counseling Couch – Blog

Jousline Savra, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, helps couples discover their love style, which is their attachment style, impacting communication and the problems couples face in their relationships. Communication is the life-blood of a relationship. Every single...

Jousline Savra is a How We Love marriage counselor in Burbank, and in this blog post, looks at the Avoider love style. First, to help you define what an Avoider love style looks like, let’s give you a quick run down of behaviors common to those being named an Avoider,...

As a Burbank Marriage counselor, Jousline Savra helps couples based on How We Love. Are you that good girl or that great guy in the relationship who is giving a lot, but is feeling anxious a lot. Are you worried about your image or worried what others think of you?...

Are you a Vacillator? A person displaying a Vacillator lovestyle says things like: I don't feel heard, I don't feel important to you, you don't get me, I am done - and as their spouse or partner, you simply feel stuck and frustrated you don't know what to do....

Do you know someone in your life who is a controller? When problems in marriage or relationships arise, controllers will show up in your life from time to time. Continuing in our series on love styles in relationships as identified by Milan and Kay Yerkovich, we will...

Do you feel like a victim, helpless or powerless most of the time in relationships or in your marriage? In How We Love marriage and relationship counseling blog posts, this is the last post in our series on the 5 insecure attachment or love styles which are identified...

Generally speaking, communication can often be a challenging part of a relationship between two people, married or not. Take these steps to alleviate useless or unproductive conversations in your relationships and avoid drama: 1. First remember that you are...

Insights for Couples and Individuals considering counseling I have good news for you. Your marital problems were not created in your marriage. These problems began before you got married. If you are an adult married man, or a single woman, your current relationship...

Happy Marriages and Happy Couples Are Emotionally Focused – Find out what this means? Who is an emotionally focused couple? Simply put it is when two individuals know how to share their emotions in vulnerable ways. This is an important ingredient to having...

Tips for Helping your marriage: Whether you like it or not, your marriage requires hard work by you taking the time to look at what needs to be addressed. For many couples, it’s really hard as they don’t know how to have that difficult conversation. This means each...