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
The Holy Grail of public mental health? …AI?
Exciting times, indeed.
We might be facing a paradox of sorts.
As AI rolls out in clinic settings, the power of AI will reshape the hierarchy of expertise, and further subordinate the diagnostic function of psychiatry.
Why anxious humans can’t always ride it out…
Researchers have long wondered why anxious humans find it so profoundly challenging to ‘ride’ out their powerful emotions.
And why do anxious humans subsequently tend to avoid potentially rewarding situations?
Neuroscience may have found the answer…
Depression: Lifestyle vs. Genetics the results from a huge longitudinal study…
Researchers have discovered 7 lifestyle habits which can slash your vulnerability to depression by a whopping 57%!
What are they?
Making light of depression…
Breaking research explains how light can promote mental health… and undermine it as well…
Unveiling Betrayal Trauma Theory: navigating the depths of emotional betrayal
A new understanding of trauma invites us to consider the source.
How will Betrayal Trauma Theory help us better understand the special burden of an intimate betrayal?
Why do some wealthy humans become more increasingly miserable as they prosper?
I love research about emotions and money!
A duel of the titans between conflicting researchers has yielded a fascinating tidbit…
About 20% of humans become correspondingly more miserable as they prosper…
The most essential skill linked to peace of mind…
New research from Finland and the USA is trying to take the elusive notion of peace of mind, and reverse engineer it to its most fundamental elements.
Men, are you vexed by little daily hassles?… learn to take them in stride…
New research warns us that little daily hassles can kill you just by letting it grind you down.
Men, in particular, should check out this study.
Grandiose Narcissism and Depression…
New research from Germany claims that depressed narcissists are resistant to treatment.
A new method called PIT focuses on understanding the responses and reactions of others, seems to work better for narcissists…
But are they also treating the neurodiverse without realizing it?
Running away from depression…
New research suggests that both running, and taking anti-depressants are equally effective, but for one thing.
Running builds up physical conditioning, while taking anti-depressants tends to erode physical well-being.
So why do we want to run… but wind up on antidepressants anyway?
An unusual symptom of depression that most therapists miss…
Some human experiences speak more loudly than we are inclined to listen…
Here’s a symptom of depression and anxiety that most therapists miss…
The latest research on internet addiction in 2023…
New 2023 research offers a sobering look at the level of Smartphone internet addiction….