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LATEST ARTICLES ( 54 )

• Affairs, Infidelity & Getting Caught Stepping Out: Is It Just the Sex?

  

  Affairs & Infidelity are rarely as simple as someone was good while the other was bad. This is too simplistic an explanation but we all love it because it’s... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Romance Relationships in the Workplace

  

  I asked my friend Laurel Coppersmith M.S.W. to write a guest post because she has spent 25 years doing EAP work 23 years in private practice. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Art & Therapy: Both Attend to the Part That’s Missing Or Lopsided

  

  Improving self-awareness is often a key to success in psychotherapy. In sessions I often consider how someone is lopsided or what’s missing. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Passion, Announcing New Stress Page & 3rd New Website Design in 12 Years

  

  Therapyideas.net has been up running since 2003. This is it’s third reincarnation. When on the net it’s crucial to keep adapting updating (just like aging... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Sex Matters!!! Stop Pretending It Doesn’t!

  

  Sex in America seems to be in the extremes, people are having it a lot or not at all. I’ve talked to many women over the years that label sex as a chore that... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• My New Relationship with India; Thinking About Arranged Marriages & Beyond...

  

  I spent 17 days in India which is a remarkable country. Our trip was unusual in spending many hours driving on bad roads to see the “real” India & our efforts... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Boundaries & How to Do Them

  

  Defenses @ Fort in IndiaBoundaries require you to risk being uncomfortable. Every relationship is about respecting the differences. The differences will not be... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• My 5th Anniversary of Blogging

  

  It’s hard to believe I’ve been at this for five years. I’m passionate about my work with people and this is another outlet. So many of our friends are retiring ... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• My Work with Denial & the Movie American Hustle

  

  Denial is illusions. Illusions are denial. They are comforting & seductive. Throughout the movie there is the refrain “Everybody believes what they want to... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Forgiveness, Betrayal & the Novel Shantaram

  

  Never have I read a book where I bent so many page corners to remember the wisdom that lies within. It is rich in texture & authenticity from the very first... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Gratitude & the Novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers

  

  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it’s about gathering and gratitude. I’m in the business of self-reflection and taking time to think about what’s... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Single, Dating & the Movie Enough Said

  

  Single & dating means surviving the awkward beginnings of relationships over & over & over again. Beginnings are often the hardest part of many things but... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• How to Live Better?

  

  How to live better is a question we all should continue to ask ourselves. Aging well depends on updating your answers every year instead of maintaining the... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 LIFE COACH, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Relationships, Communication & Sharing Power

  

  Think about all the arguing couples you know and ask yourself, how many of them are good at sharing power? There are many couples where one person caters to... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Self-Esteem & the Movie The Way, Way Back

  

  Self esteem starts to “bake” in adolescence. It’s part of why adolescence can feel so tragic because there is such a slim grip on feeling ok. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Couples Fighting & the Movie Before Midnight

  

  This movie offers a glimpse of real life in the fighting between Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy after 20 years of being together. In the first 6 to 9 years there is ... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Authenticity Requires Work

  

  At Chautauqua we hear lectures on vacation; David Brooks spoke about the lack of depth & inner dialogue that he finds is part of today’s youth culture because... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Relationships in Addictions (Understanding Codependency Works Both Ways)

  

  Relationships with an addictive partner often have a pattern that both partners create together. The non-addict has an enormous number of expectations with so... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Divorce Spills Over On To Kids & the Movie “What Maisie Knew”

  

  Divorce is an opportunity for people to indulge their intensity hoarded resentments on to everyone. Normally sane people will shriek when they meet their... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Lopsided Love Relationships & the Novel: The Woman Upstairs

  

  Relationships in love usually start out lopsided – someone loves the other more, it is the nature of relationships. The great achievement in relationships is... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS