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.
When to Go to Couples Therapy: Portland Couples Therapist Explains
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.
5 Signs Sex Therapy Could Help You
I often hear folks not knowing why they may want to seek out a sex therapist. Given that our society tends to perpetuate silence about sexuality, it makes sense we may not feel comfortable seeking out a professional who can help with sexuality. We may not even realize that we could use support with sexuality! So many sexual challenges are normalized and erased, that many folks are struggling silently and alone. Today, I want to share 5 reasons sex therapy could help you. Maybe some of this will resonate with you!