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Should You Stay After the Affair?

The shock of infidelity can feel like a tornado tearing through your life, leaving chaos in its wake. When trust is broken, your whole world can feel upside down—filled with confusion, pain, and endless questions about what to do next. Faced with heartbreak, you may be overwhelmed by doubt: Should you stay? Should you leave? How do you even begin

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6 Ways a Therapist Can Save Your Relationship

Marriage can be a surprisingly lonely place. When your voice is not being heard, your problems are not being solved. You become afraid of rocking the boat; you may feel as though you are in this relationship by yourself. It can be isolating and disheartening, and that’s no way to spend your life. But you are not alone. You have an

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Taking a Time Out to Resolve Conflict

Marriage doesn’t come with a one-size-fits-all handbook that outlines the specific steps that couples can take to resolve conflict in marriage.  One method that can be successfully leveraged when conversations become heated is the “time out” method.  By taking a time out, the hopes are that both parties will “take a breather”, calm down, and retrain their focus on solving

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