Randi Gunther, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and marriage counselor practicing in Southern California. In her 40-year career, she has accumulated over 130,000 face-to-face hours with individuals, couples, and families.
There are several crucial steps that you can take to help you resolve your feelings about your past sadness and what you can appropriately ask of a new love.
You must consider whether you still love your partner enough to commit to healing. It won’t be enough if you don’t love them independent of what else you might lose.
Whether people talking behind someone's back are sharing a plot to deceive, or a well-intentioned plan to help, they are excluding the person whose life they are talking about.
Whether people talking behind someone's back are sharing a plot to deceive, or a well-intentioned plan to help, they are excluding the person whose life they are talking about.
Terrible disputes emerge when one partner perceives language in an unintended way. If you react to something said, consider whether trauma drives that response.
Terrible disputes emerge when one partner perceives language in an unintended way. If you react to something said, consider whether trauma drives that response.
How can you enter into a relationship in such a way that would make it more likely to last "forever"? Consider these questions, then ask yourself if you could.
How can you enter into a relationship in such a way that would make it more likely to last "forever"? Consider these questions, then ask yourself if you could.