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Why Men Complain

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Every couple I have ever seen in marriage counseling have had one common theme: feelings of being unloved. Typically it’s the woman dragging the man into therapy because she feels unloved. The man is often an unhappy participant because he believes he loves her and the very fact he was willing to come was a [...]

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What Is Love?

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Here is a short video clip filmed at the Once Upon A Family convention in Texas where Brett explores the question of what is love.  Check it out and you will be amazed at how simple the idea is, and also how useful it can be to apply to your life today.

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Why Am I Mr. Marriage?

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At the beginning of the week I had a wonderful time watching Anthony Robbins tape his new show.  Now I can’t give any details about the show, because that would kill the surprise. Nobody wants to hear how the story ends before they even get the book started.  So I am not going to cheat [...]

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Learning from Letterman’s Affair

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My first thought was “why?”  Here is a man who has everything. Why is he banging his office staff?  Then I thought about the boss that’s having sex with his secretary. Or the salesman who is having sex with customers.  David Letterman’s indescretion is no different than many other work place affairs. Work place affairs [...]

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Stop Fighting – Start Talking

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Wesley my 17 year old son is finally showing interest in driving. It’s been something Lynda and I have never pushed. We figure the longer he puts off driving the better it will be on every level.  But now all of his friends are driving he wants to get his license.
Well, we all know before [...]

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Arjuna’s Dilemma

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Dear Mr. Marriage,
I am from India. I met a woman when I was 19 and kept in contact with her. As a matter of affection, I called her as elder sister and introduced her to my parents as sister. Even she tied rakhi to me once. But then slowly we kept meeting with my parents knowing [...]

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Getting The Love Back

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A frequent question I get asked in my private practice, and see on the internet is: can I get the love back in our relationship?  The answer is always YES!
There are no limits to our ability to love. We can renew our love and increase loving feelings for each other.  We can even increase our feelings of [...]

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Relationship Tech Support- Not Your Traditional Psychotherapy


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Two months ago, I couldn’t get online. Lynda’s computer was working and my iPhone had perfect reception but my computer wasn’t finding our home network.  So after a few minutes of frustration I decided I didn’t want to waste anymore time and jump online with tech support. I know telephone [...]

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If You are not Psycho, You Do Not Need Psychotherapy

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Psychotherapy started with the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud who began treating medical conditions by looking at how thoughts and emotions affected physical health.  To this day psychotherapy is designed to treat mental illness. What if you are not psychotic, schizophrenic, or suicidal?   The majority of clients I see are NOT mentally ill, but simply [...]

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No Excuses! Date

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I wanted to share with you a podcast I did with HITCHED.  They are a great social networking organization that focuses on married couples. They provide all kinds of resources for relationships, but what I wanted to talk about on their pod cast was Date Night.
Did you know a weekly date night is the number [...]

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