4 Skills of Financially Healthy Families – part 1
Family Finances: When I meet with families and couples, I often ask them the following question: “How are you doing financially?” I leave this question intentionally vague, hoping to get a picture of clients’ money management skill, their perceived financial stress, and for couples, their ability to collaboratively work together to meet their financial goals. For most […]
Relationship Counseling
What is Relationship Counseling? Recently my kids were playing with a group of their friends. After being together for awhile, one of them noticed that their play time was not nearly as conflict-filled as it normally is. They discussed this observation and realized that one person, who they normally play with, was missing. The kids […]
The Beauty of Setting Limits…
How can setting limits help you? It’s a snow day in New Orleans. If you look outside, there’s no snow. But just the threat of snow, and it’s nefarious cousin, ICE, have closed down NOLA schools, businesses, and roads. Thus, most of us have spent the past couple of days at home, trying to stay […]
Some Testimonials…
It’s daunting to choose a counselor… and testimonials from others can sometimes make the decision easier. Below are a few thoughts about my work from a few of my professional colleagues and friends. Hope this helps you make your decision. “There’s sometimes a negative stigma about counseling in our culture, particularly with regards to relationship/couples […]
New Orleans Couples Counselor
5 reasons to see a Couples Counselor Trying to decide between individual counseling and couples counseling? Is your partner suggesting that you need to find a counselor to help improve your relationship? In my beloved city of New Orleans and across the country, there are lots of different kinds of professionals that “counsel” people, but […]
Family Problems
Do you cause your family problems? I was recently reading an old family therapy book entitled Change, and I was reminded of how often we create our own mess, or at least muck it up a bit more than necessary. Or maybe it’s just me…. surely this doesn’t ever happen to you. But how do we […]
Money Stress?
Almost every couple that I counsel reports some stress related to their financial health. Even for families with substantial income, there’s always the pressure of the cost of life and different spending priorities. Finances are so influential on family stress, that it’s one of the topics that I address with every couple in premarital counseling. […]
4 Questions to Break Free from the Sexual Rut in Your Marriage
Change the routine This is the 4th post in a series of posts to help regular-but-busy couples bring more satisfying sex to their marriages and break free from that sexual rut. If you’ve been following the posts, and practicing the tips, by now you’re touching more, enjoying each other’s company, and talking intentionally together about […]
Talking to your Kids about Violence
Violence Bombs bursting in Boston. Twenty-six dead at Sandy Hook Elementary, including twenty children. Almost nightly shootings in the rough streets of New Orleans. School shootings, local murders, suicide, war – our “civilization” is often marred by violence, and our children often want to know the details. And as a parent it’s often difficult to […]
Talk to Your Spouse About Sex
Talk about Sex together This is the 3rd post in a 5-part series designed to help regular-but-busy couples bring more frequent sex to their marriage. Many of the couples that I work with in my counseling practice want to have sex more often, and for it to be more enjoyable. If that’s you, this series […]