Seattle Therapy Blog
Being in a healthy and fulfilling relationship means learning how to compromise effectively. Compromise is about ...
13 Common Couple Arguments and How to Handle Them
Conflicts and differing points of view in relationships are ...
There are many differences among genders, especially when it comes to sex. One thing that can cultivate connection ...
What are we? Partners often dread having the DTR (define the relationship) talk for fear their intentions may not ...
Relationship experts agree that when asked which qualities people value in a romantic partner, respect and honesty ...
A healthy relationship is built on a mutual respect. Respect means a mutual feeling of deep admiration for someone ...
How to Deal With Stonewalling in a Relationship
Stonewalling is a type of defense mechanism marked by emotional ...
Cultivating a healthy connection requires ongoing communication and compromise from both partners throughout the ...
Overthinking may occur when people feel insecure, battle with low self-esteem, and experience difficulty letting ...
There will be premarital questions that will be unique to you, your relationship, and your expectations of a ...
Everyone wants to be their most confident, attractive, positive self when they enter into a relationship with ...
Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse where the perpetrator gains control and power over another through slow, ...
In this article, we discuss the various types of boundaries and how they can support you with promoting your sense ...
How do we know if we're asking too much from our partners? What if we're asking too little? Expectations can shape ...
What constitutes a satisfying sexual experience, and how important sex is to relationship satisfaction, depends on ...
There are many ways to work through and overcome retroactive jealousy in counseling. Therapies such as cognitive ...
Feeling alone in your relationship and experiencing feelings of loneliness while in a relationship can indicate ...
Author Dr. Gary Chapman wrote The Five Love Languages first published in 1992. His book introduced the idea that ...
Resentment is an uncomfortable emotion that occurs when we feel that we have been unfairly treated in a ...
There are 8 types of affairs. No matter which one you or your partner engages in - cheating is ...
Why should you avoid using 'but'? It can come off to someone as attacking and immediately put them on the ...
Infidelity is a major betrayal of your partner’s trust that results in an overwhelming sense of grief and loss. It ...
The path to improving communication and connection with others.
What is Defensiveness or Being Defensive?
Being ...
Have you noticed that we’ve been ramping up around here? We have a new trauma-informed therapist (let’s hear it ...