Relationships
Why You May Still Be Thinking About An Old Flame
Do you still occasionally think about someone special from your past? Do you sometimes wonder ‘what if?’ even though many years have passed – and each of you has ‘moved on’? Does a special someone still hold a tender place in your heart? If so, you may have experienced ‘love interrupted’ rather than a break-up. →
Making Sense of Infidelity
Affairs and infidelity are poorly understood forms of betrayal. Information provided in magazines, blog posts, in books and by experts is often confusing and convoluted at best. With years of experience as a relationship and couple counseling, Licensed Professional Counselor Terri DiMatteo of Open Door Therapy helps listeners ‘make sense’ of a topic that often puzzles →
The Macro-Impact of Micro-Cheating
Micro-Cheating has garnered Macro-Attention. It’s a peculiar tension inducing oxymoron stirring as much uncertainty as these more familiar ones. Open secret Act naturally Jumbo shrimp It’s difficult to know which half of the term has it right. Is it the first half that suggests that Micro-Cheating is just a small, insignificant and harmless matter? Or, would it →
Fit For Fidelity with Dr. Sue Johnson
“Science has recently cracked the code on love.” – Dr. Sue Johnson →
The New Frontier of Sex & Intimacy | Dr. Sue Johnson
Best selling author of “Hold Me Tight” and “Love Sense.” Dr. Sue Johnson is a clinical psychologist and professor, and the creator of an effective and heavily researched method of couple counseling: Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Dr. Johnson has trained thousands of therapists around the world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using →
Infidelity as Trauma
Trust and safety are essential elements in a romantic relationship. Infidelity takes direct aim at both placing the couple into crisis as the future of the relationship comes into question. As featured in the LoveBONDS podcast, Infidelity as Trauma. DURATION: Five minutes →
What is Romantic Love?
Throughout the life cycle, we all need a primary protective loved one who we can trust and depend upon to keep us safe. Someone who will respond to us in our time of need. In childhood, these needs are typically met by one’s mother. It adulthood, it is the romantic partner. As featured in the →
Love Helps Manage Difficult Emotions
Romantic love serves an important purpose and function: it is designed to help partners regulate their emotions and →
