Preventive Maintenance: Tending to Your Relationship Before It Hits a Rough Patch
Imagine tending to a campfire. You can be proactive, steadily adding small pieces of wood to maintain a consistent burn. By anticipating the fire’s needs, you ensure its strength and warmth remain steady. Alternatively, you can be reactive, neglecting the fire...
Good Reasons for Your “Bad” Behavior in a Relationship
Sometimes we can get down on ourselves for the choices, behaviors, and negative patterns we get into in our relationships. We wonder what’s wrong with us that we keep repeating these patterns and maybe even give up hope that things will ever change. Couples therapy...
Part Three: Common Negative Interaction Cycles a Couple Can Develop when Facing Chronic Illness in a Relationship
Couples facing chronic illness can sometimes get into a negative interaction cycle that further strains their relationship. This cycle can be described as follows: The stress of chronic illness: The chronic illness of one partner can create significant stress for both...