How Your Childhood Can Affect Your Marriage

How Your Childhood Can Affect Your Marriage

 By Terry Gaspard MSW, LICSW is a licensed therapist and authorYour past has a bigger impact on your present than you thinkWhen Deborah, 38, and Scott, 39, (*not their real names) sat on the couch in my office during a couples counseling session,...
I Should Be Grateful…

I Should Be Grateful…

  I should be grateful.Have you ever found yourself thinking these words on the heels of experiencing some negative emotions? Maybe you’re angry with your spouse or going through a tough time in general. You attempt to change your perspective and pull yourself...
I Should Be Grateful…

4 Tips to Build Everyday Trust in Relationships

 Brittini Carter, LMHCAugust 10, 2021Be a partner who is reliable and accountableWhen you think of trust in relationships, you likely think of rebuilding after an incident where trust was challenged and/or lost. Some common reasons trust becomes an issue in...
I Should Be Grateful…

Appreciating Your Partner’s Personality

  Prepare-EnrichDo you ever find yourself getting annoyed with your partner’s personality? Of course, you still love them unconditionally, but man, sometimes you just can’t help but wonder… Why do they do that? Why are they that way??The ironic thing is that if...
I Should Be Grateful…

4 Romance Myths to Bust Now

 By Drs. Les and Leslie ParrottMay 12, 2021Intimacy, Marriage, RelationshipsModern marriages typically begin with a romantic relationship. Unlike marriages of the past, which were often arranged for political purposes or financial stability,...