Dating 101 for American Men
Should American men take courses on how to “court’ women properly? This topic is of interest to me because when I see relationships in trouble, I realize that a large percentage of these couples [...]
Pick Your Battles and Fight for Your Relationship to Succeed
One of the main reasons that couples end up in therapy is conflict; conflict that cannot be resolved and escalates out of your control. It can be a minor disagreement that turns into WWIII in the living [...]
5 Steps Towards Rebuilding Respect with Your Partner
When you have a physical injury such as a sprain, a cut or a broken bone, you experience pain for a short while, you take some steps to treat the injury then you heal. [...]
Relationship Advice: Love Listens when Words Collide
When couples suffer a relationship injury there are some specific steps I guide them through in order for them to reach a place of true apology and forgiveness. The problems that arise in the [...]
Sex, Lies, and Marriage Counseling – The impact of deceit on love relationships
Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim, The Couples Expert. This is episode 171 of our show. Today Stuart is going to be discussing the impact of lies [...]
I Really Didn’t Know
We’ve been talking in my office about expectations of relationships vs. the reality of them. I was especially impacted by one young couple that came to see me after 15 months of marriage. I [...]
Marriage Counseling: The Best Intentions Misinterpreted
How many of you have ever taken text messages out of context? Have you read into these text messages a meaning that didn’t exist, and get it entirely wrong? You’re not alone. As a [...]
Relationship Advice: At War with Love
All couples fight While it may be the last thing you want to do with your partner, couples who fight are not uncommon. Couples can get into a pattern or cycle of fighting and [...]
Two Loose Ends Connecting
This whole concept of dreaming that your soulmate be the only person that is right for you had me thinking… The idea of searching endlessly for a soulmate means that while you are searching [...]
Soulmate, I See Myself in You
Many of us dream about finding one person in life who is a soulmate. We just know that if we can just find that one, our lives will be perfect and we’ll live happily [...]
