Mediocre Marriage – Is it too Late for Love?
As a couples counselor, I spend my life meeting with couples that are in terrible pain with regards to their relationships. I have been a counselor for over 35 years and have developed a knack [...]
CELEBRATE YOUR LOVE EVERY DAY
It’s Valentine’s week and couples are absorbed in making plans and dinner reservations, shopping for jewelry and flowers, her favorite chocolates, his favorite lingerie. Deciding how you will celebrate Valentine’s Day can be challenging [...]
Couples Therapy: What if Your Partner Refuses?
You want to be happy and have a relationship you are proud of. You have great friends, your kids are happy, and you are in a committed relationship, but does it have to feel so [...]
Respect My Boundaries
Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 185 of our show. Today Stuart is talking about boundaries in a relationship. There are many different boundaries that [...]
Love In The Time Of Midterms: How To Keep Peace In The Political Process
Remember back in 2016 how we all felt a bit of election fatigue? There were some very unhappy families and even broken relationships that resulted from the lead up to the Presidential election. Maybe [...]
Why Women Leave (Hint: It’s Not Infidelity)
Women file for divorce twice as much as men do. Is it because they have a lower pain threshold? Do they give up easier, are they somehow weaker? No. Women are more readily disappointed [...]
Relationship Advice: The Impact of Marital Problems on Kids
When you’re in the midst of an argument with your partner, do you ever think about how your tone, words or actions are affecting the kids in the household? Are you being overheard with [...]
Less Sex in Your Relationship?
In a long-term relationship there sometimes comes a point where you find yourselves having less sex than earlier on in your lives together. This can be for a variety of causes; physical changes as [...]
What are you Looking for in a Partner?
The qualities of the people we choose for a partner in life and love are the ones we most admire. Sometimes those are some of the characteristics we believe we are lacking in ourselves, [...]
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 [...]
