Key Points: If a partner gradually becomes less attentive and caring, there may be a mismatch in emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence involves three components: self-awareness, social awareness, and empathy. Healthy relationships…...

Let’s discuss healthy coping mechanisms for your relationship. When I talk about healthy coping mechanisms, I end up talking about relationship traps. What are relationship traps? Relationship traps are when…...

Did you ever write your initials and those of your crush’s inside of a heart? Or spend time doodling hearts in the margins of your math homework? I know I…...

How can you improve your communication to achieve extraordinary relationships? 3 Tips for Extraordinary Communication 1. Exchange ideas that are self-defining. Communicate your beliefs, values, and thoughts that express who…...

RD&T contributing writer, Robert Taibbi, explains how divorce and breakups can help with healing our pasts. Amy has been married for six years, and it’s been great. Matt, her new…...

Lately, the topic of guilt has been coming up while I (Barry) have been working with my therapy clients on video-conferencing. So I’d like to focus this article on the…...

RD&T contributing writer, Maryanne Comaroto, PhD, shares how unsupportive relationships can be holding you back. Unsupportive Relationships I can remember getting what, for me, was my first big break in…...

Breakups with narcissists don’t always end the relationship. Many won’t let you go, even when it’s the narcissist that left the relationship, and even when they’re with a new partner.…...

Jules and Sue came into marriage counseling, clueless as to why there was so much pain and suffering in their relationship. After listening to each of them describe their situation,…...

You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. – Epicurus The average American spends 2,160 days in school,…...