Category: Couples Therapy
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The Many Faces of Betrayal
Healthy successful relationships have strong foundations built off trust, commitment, and emotional intimacy. It’s no surprise then that deterioration in one or more of these areas is often what brings couples to therapy. While deterioration in any of these areas is difficult and painful, degradation of trust is undoubtedly the…
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“The One”: Thoughts on Soulmates from a Couples Therapist
Music, movies, and literature would have us believe that there is such a thing as “the one” for each of us. From Taylor Swift to Whitney Houston, we’re told time and time again by leaders of popular culture that the worthiest scavenger hunt we can partake in is the one…
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When Should We Start Couples Therapy? Advice From a Couples Therapist
There are many different beliefs about the function of marriage counseling. Unfortunately, many of those beliefs are flawed. Too often, couples come to therapy thinking that the therapist sitting across from them will be the magic bullet to “fix” their marriage. Or that going to counseling will help them prove that…
Savanna Deiser Rowley, LCSW 