Do you feel your relationship is more of a battleground than a love nest?

Does the tension between you and your partner rival that of a Shakespearean tragedy?

Strap in… because we're diving deep into the turbulent waters of tumultuous relationships.

Monkey branching, a term coined to describe a behavior observed in primates, notably monkeys swinging from one branch to another without letting go of the first, finds its analogy in human relationships.

Some folks hold on to a current partner while they seek to climb higher with another.

Honesty about money is essential for an open, trusting intimacy.

Let’s discuss the trauma of financial infidelity, its ramifications on divorce, and insights from social science research and divorce coach thought leaders…

Emotional inflammation, though not a term that has been extensively researched in scientific literature, is a concept that draws from both psychological and physiological domains.

It is often used metaphorically to describe a state of heightened emotional arousal or reactivity, akin to the body's inflammatory response to physical injury or illness…

Therapists have assumed that research in relationship dynamics, attachment theory, and differentiation will provide sufficient insight into how couples navigate time spent apart within their relationships.

But sometimes we have to wait…

Apparently, researchers haven’t adequately addressed this question…

Humans who are high in narcissism are not particularly picky when it comes to how they attack others.

That’s a highly important finding now that we live in an online world…

Women who were abused as children in their families of origin were more satisfied with their current abusive relationships than women who were not abused in childhood…

What if humans with childhood abuse histories are more satisfied in their abusive relationships because they have greater tolerance for abuse based on early life experiences, and resulting diminished expectations?

Here’s some breaking research about how a couple might acquire a penchant toward domestic violence.

In this post, I’ll discuss 7 specific warning signs.

In other words, the more likely you are to experience these 7 signs, the more likely domestic violence becomes…

Some research questions are like an undulating serpent circumambulating the pathetic little circus of petty personal advantage and empty ease…

Here’s another post I wrote in 2019 that can currently be found on the Couples Therapy Inc. website.

I’ve asked them so many times to return my work product… but they refuse.

They choose instead, to use it for themselves and are daring me to do something about it.

They did not ask my permission, and they attributed the authorship to a “Former Staff Writer.” instead of treating with courtesy and respect, by using my name.

A recent German study shows that relationship that had lasted a year or more before the ultimate breakup are particularly damaging to self-esteem.

Subsequently starting a new relationship increased self-esteem, as long as the new relationship lasts.

However, shorter relationships — those lasting less than a year — tended to reduce people’s self-esteem.

The human inclination to share intimate and personal information about ourselves is a critical pathway toward achieving authentic intimacy with other humans.

New research confirms something we already sort of suspected…men are disinclined to share bad news compared to women, a study finds.

Even though they’d like to learn how…