Build a Healthier Relationship: a Brief Guide to Conflict Resolution and Effective Communication
If you’re struggling to communicate with your partner; continually rehashing the same arguments; feeling stuck in a conflict cycle; or becoming increasingly aggressive, passive, and/or passive-aggressive, here are some ways you can break the pattern and engage differently.
What is Couples Sex Therapy? Portland Couples Therapist Explains
When to Go to Couples Therapy: Portland Couples Therapist Explains
No Sex Relationship? No Problem! How Not Having Sex Can Be Healthy in Relationships
Good relationships need to also include good sex, right? Not necessarily. Today I want to share why having a no sex relationship can actually be healthy and not a problem.
This may either feel really relieving to hear or it may feel pretty frustrating or upsetting to hear. Whatever comes up for you as you read this is so understandable. If you’re leaning towards frustration, I want to invite you to take a deep breath and read on since this may allow you to better understand how you feel.
When You and Your Partner Don’t Want Sex The Same Amount
Are you in a relationship in which you and your partner have differing levels of desire for sex? This can be so challenging!
When you’re the person who wants to have sex more, you may feel rejected, unwanted, unsatisfied sexually, abandoned, hyper-focused on the lack of sex, anxious, resentful of your partner, and insecure.
When you’re the person who wants to have sex less often, you may feel pressured (by your partner of yourself), guilty, afraid of losing your partner, ashamed, self critical, and avoidant of sex.