Alisa & Kashe
“Daphna gave us the tools we needed to improve our communication and avoid the huge arguments we were frequently having.”
How to Choose a Therapist
5 Tips to Help You Choose the Right Therapist for You When an individual is faced with challenging life situations that bring them sorrow, pain, worry or stress, they may seek counseling or therapy. Both counseling and therapy, according to the Ohio State University, are treatments for mental health problems. Counseling tends to focus on […]
Coaching vs Counseling
When an individual needs help with personal issues, they may seek counseling or therapy. Couples needing relationship help, may seek a marriage counselor or a couple therapist. Counselors and therapists are trained in the field of mental health and their approach is a mental-health approach. Coaching, on the other hand, takes an entirely different approach. […]
How To Pick A Marriage Counselor
When you choose a Couple Therapist or a Marriage counselor, you have to do so wisely. It’s like choosing a doctor, dentist or financial advisor: You know that you are putting your health, teeth or finances in that person’s hands. And although he or she is a professional, you must be sure that they will […]
What’s Important & How to Keep It
Your Loved Ones The people in your life are what’s important. Your relationships are important. Being there for each other and helping one another is the only thing that counts. Unfortunately, the current situation has impacted many relationships. I have spoken to people who have been drinking too much and to couples who have been […]
A Recipe For Happiness
People want to be happy. Young or old, rich or poor, more educated or less, we all seek happiness. When we can’t find it on our own, we look to someone else to make us happy: a friend, a spouse or even a child. But the truth is, it is up to us to generate […]
Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
We receive many calls each week from couples who need help with their relationships. It always puzzles me when someone reaches out for help and then backs off. Clearly, they’ve been experiencing unhappiness, stress and other relationship problems. Why hesitate in doing something about them and… why wait until it’s too late? Recently I followed […]
What Is The Root Cause Of Relationship Trouble?
Relationship problems are nothing new. In the old days, families stayed together because they had to, to survive. Divorce was not an option, so couples put up with their issues and carried on unhappily to their dying day. But modern life presented new choices and freedoms, and so divorce became today’s “solution” for couples’ problems. […]
Don’t Make This Mistake
The man I was speaking with was distraught. His wife wanted to leave him (again!) and, although she had agreed to marriage counseling, she was procrastinating. Afraid to rock the boat, he wanted to give her time, even though it meant more opportunity to continue her old affair or start a new one. When we […]
A Sad Relationship Joke
I found this on Social Media: “And the princess lived happily ever afterin her OWN big castlewith all of her OWN moneyand she took care of HERSELF.The end.” This is cute and clever. At a first glance it may even put a smile on your face. But if you think it over, this is a […]