Trauma & Relationships
Don’t Let Your Trauma Define You or Your Relationship Trauma can be defined as a deeply distressing or disturbing experience in one’s past, which can affect one’s worldview. However, do not let your trauma define who you are and how you interpret hurt in relationships. I’ve noticed when discussing trauma with others that there are […]
Addiction & Connection
“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety… the opposite of addiction is connection” -Johann Hari https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari
Relationship Counseling – Is it for you?
New Orleans Relationship Counseling Many people attend therapy – not because their crazy – but rather to improve their most important relationships. Decreasing conflict, improving communication, getting your needs met, and enhancing relationships and are generally the focus of Relationship Counseling, Family Therapy and Couples Counseling. But what is relationship therapy, and how does it differ from […]
Going Back to Go Forward
Going Back… When you look back and think about your struggles, what have been your same-old hangups year after year? I’m writing to those who have been on the journey for a bit. Despite your best efforts, do you still struggle with old junk, old pain-in-the-neck muck, old voices, doubts, and patterns & habits […]
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 […]
Relationship Bootcamp
30 Days to Revolutionize your Relationship! Hit a rough patch or plateau in your most intimate relationship? If so, don’t freak out, just take 30 days to intentionally work to make things better – and use the following as a guide. 1. Know and meet each other’s relationship needs Everyone has needs. And everyone looks to […]
Axioms of Relationships – part 6
This will be the last Axiom post for a bit, as I move on to other relationship topics – like parenting, communication, book reviews, etc. But for now… Axiom 6 – Change is Required Relationships are work. They take effort and courage. And just when the parts of the relationship, be it spouses, or parents […]
Axioms of Relationships – part 4
All or None Picture your own relationship. What could happen in that relationship that would be a deal breaker? What trauma(s) would cause your relationship to crumble? Truth is, the answer is different for everyone. Said differently, there are no set of unequivocal relationship deal breakers. That’s been my professional experience. I’ve personally witnessed relationships […]
Axioms of Relationships – part 3
Wash, Rinse, Repeat In relationships, we often repeat the same patterns of interaction, over and over, irregardless of whether the patterns bring us satisfaction or not. We’re such creative people, so it’s a bit confusing as to why we quickly become so limited in our options of interactions, but it’s almost always the case. {In […]