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5 Signs Couples Need Marriage Counseling for Financial Troubles
In addition to communication, sex and money are the next biggest challenges in marriages. Financial issues are a big reason why couples aren't getting along, and may even end in divorce. There are many issues under the umbrella of finances that can affect your...
How do You Know Your Relationship Needs Marriage Counseling
Keeping your relationship in good condition requires knowing when you need professional help. Here is how you know your relationship needs marriage counseling. People seek help and spend much money on improvement for many aspects of their lives including getting...
Top Reasons How Relationship Therapy Can Help You
Our perspective will serve as the anchor of whether our relationships will succeed or fail. It is a matter of choosing to believe if we are seeing ourselves in it in the long run or not. On the other hand, we still need to consider that there may be behaviors that...
Getting Hitched Without Hitches: How to Avoid Marriage Woes
Although every marriage is unique in the specifics, many of its dynamics will not be. The nature of people and circumstances means that even where they are separated by place and time, different couples will find they face identical issues. Whether it’s a union of...
Here’s What We Know About How Social Media Affects Relationships
It's hard for a lot of people to imagine a life without social media. These platforms have been growing steadily over the past few years, reaching almost 4 billion users worldwide (more than half of the human population). Social media has found a way into our everyday...
Family Origin and Relationships
Family of Origin is a person's family of origin refers to the family they grew up in. It consists of parents, siblings, and other relatives i.e., grandparents, cousins, step-brothers, step-sisters, etc., that a person lived with during an entire/part of childhood. ...
How Parents Fighting Impacts Children
Every couple has fights, it is a natural part of any marriage. How you fight and how you resolve conflict matters. When it comes to fighting in front of your children, how you handle it is going to have an impact on them. A couple can love each other and still have...
Finding the Right Person to Date
When you're looking to meet the right person, there are a wide variety of obstacles that you need to overcome. We have asked some experts for their tips to help people find the right person to build a loving, worthwhile, and healthy relationship. Some common obstacles...
Best Tips To Enhance Communication in Marriage
If someone asks you what the real premise of a happy married life is, you can say character, love, responsibility, authenticity, and competency. Why is communication so critical to having a long and satisfying relationship with the significant other? What is the job...
Surviving Infidelity in Your Relationship: 15 Powerful Steps
You can survive infidelity and rebuild the relationship. However, the process has to be slow and cautious. Both you and your partner need to work together on this. If you have been betrayed, you must find the right support and that is a psychotherapist or a licensed...