LoveBonds

Relationships. Betrayal. Repair.

Micro-Cheating Can Present Macro-Challenges

The term "micro-cheating" implies something insignificant and minimizes its seriousness. I mean, how can a tiny thing be wrong, you might wonder. It’s no big deal, and it...

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Conflict Avoidance Can Be More Detrimental to Intimacy Thax Conflict Engagement

While compromise and adjustment are required in all romantic relationships, chronic conflict avoidance negatively impacts intimacy and connection. Many people believe that a healthy relationship is...

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The Psychopathic Partner: Terri DiMatteo, LPC in Conversation with Steve Becker, LCSW

Love and relationships have their challenges but when the romantic partner is a personality disordered psychopath the challenges are steep.  Not for the faint of heart, this episode presents an...

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Couples that offer reassurances to one another regularly develop a more robust, more secure, and dependable relationship.  Many couples interact with one another in ways that resemble roommates or household co-managers. They often speak with...