Welcome to my Blog
Thank you for stopping by. This space is where I share research, reflections, and practical tools drawn from my experience as a marriage and family therapist.
Are you a couple looking for clarity? A professional curious about the science of relationships? Or simply someone interested in how love and resilience work? I’m glad you’ve found your way here. I can help with that.
Each post is written with one goal in mind: to help you better understand yourself, your partner, and the hidden dynamics that shape human connection.
Grab a coffee (or a notebook), explore what speaks to you, and take what’s useful back into your life and relationships. And if a post sparks a question, or makes you realize you could use more support, I’d love to hear from you.
Be Well, Stay Kind, and Godspeed.
~Daniel
P.S.
Feel free to explore the categories below to find past blog posts on the topics that matter most to you. If you’re curious about attachment, navigating conflict, or strengthening intimacy, these archives are a great way to dive deeper into the research and insights that I’ve been sharing for years.
- Attachment Issues
- Coronavirus
- Couples Therapy
- Extramarital Affairs
- Family Life and Parenting
- How to Fight Fair
- Inlaws and Extended Families
- Intercultural Relationships
- Marriage and Mental Health
- Married Life & Intimate Relationships
- Neurodiverse Couples
- Separation & Divorce
- Signs of Trouble
- Social Media and Relationships
- What Happy Couples Know
Flooding… and what to do about it…
Some of the most useful stuff in science-based couples therapy helps us to be kinder and more regulated…
It is when we really are so pissed, that we don’t give a sh*t, that we are the most epically unkind…
Here’s how to do better…
Why some unhappy partners prefer to suffer in silence…
Some humans are unlucky.
They never experienced a family of origin that confirmed their self-worth… Unfortunately, they refrain from complaining when they should…
3 Ways we humans struggle with Relational Ambivalence
There is a lot of talk these days about Relational Ambivalence. How does Perel’s idea of Relational Ambivalence relate to our ongoing epidemic of family estrangement?