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5 Ways Your Wedding Vows Will Save Your Marriage

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Did you think your wedding vows were just a check off the list for your wedding day preparations? Here’s how they could save your marriage.

He could have told a lie, but he didn’t.

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In a recent couples therapy session we were talking about Taylor’s memory. He forgot (yet again) what we had discussed the previous week. Interestingly, this

The affair, the discovery, the betrayer’s first task…

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Many people say the worst marital crime is having an affair. It breaks the bonds of trust that were assumed at the beginning of your

In Sickness and in Health

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How Illness Transforms Relationships Thirteen years ago this month, my husband and I got married in our backyard garden with our five children and a

Issues that Underlie Hypocritical Binds

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Earlier this summer I started a blog series about hypocrisy in couples therapy. I was pleased to see so many of you respond on the

Two Experts’ Insights for Dealing with Infidelity

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Here you’ll find Infidelity Conference summaries from Alex Katehakis and Tammy Nelson, focusing on sexuality and eroticism.

Confrontation: Is it Art or Science?

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What do you think about when you think about confrontation in couples therapy? Is it something you do a lot? Or rarely? Does thinking of

Pornography and Cybersex, Trust and Betrayal

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This is the second in a series of blog posts highlighting the conference Anatomy of Intimacy – Focus on Infidelity at University of California, Irvine,

Focus on Infidelity

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Just days ago I arrived home from the stellar conference, Anatomy of Intimacy – Focus on Infidelity that took place at University of California, Irvine,