Couples

This month’s selection is from Alexandra Solomon’s, Love Every Day: 365 Relationship Self-Awareness Practices to Help Your Relationship Heal, Grow and... Read more

What if we viewed differences in how much two partners want sex as an attachment issue, not one of desire? Read more

Integrating a somatic focus into couples therapy can help partners address their deeply entrenched stuck points. Read more

What would you do differently if you could rekindle love with your ex? Read more

You don't have to be a sex therapist to help your clients with diminished sexual desire. Read more

Despite a cultural environment that’s often hostile toward nonmonogamy, an increasing number of couples are considering it. How can therapists help them... Read more

When losing your spouse in a bookstore helps you find perspective. Read more

A seasoned therapist discovers that the willingness to be a beginner again can sometimes have more value for clients than polished expertise. Read more

Having an erotic craving that seems shocking to a partner doesn’t have to be a death knell for a relationship. Read more

The choice for ambivalent couples is no longer binary: separate or stay together. Instead, therapists can help them craft formal yet flexible agreements... Read more

Even when you've spent your entire career teaching people how to have relationships, finding love is still a risky, humbling, and unpredictable... Read more

Here are some "hacks" to help your clients be more mindful in their relationships—using the Gottman Method. Read more

How to help men face the hidden fears that keep them stuck in unhealthy relationship patterns. Read more

If you’ve done couples therapy, you’ve probably run into this conundrum at one point or another: one partner simply isn’t as invested in therapy as the... Read more

Practice Tools for the January/February 2023 issue are courtesy of Deb Dana's new book, "Polyvagal Practices: Anchoring the Self in Safety." Read more

Premarital counseling is growing in popularity, and research indicates it has numerous benefits. So why aren't more therapists offering it? Read more

A psychotherapy icon grapples with the imminent death of his wife as she moves from palliative care to hospice care. Read more

How can therapists help divorcing clients share a message that conveys hope and healing? Maybe it's time to counter the divorce-as-catastrophe trope that runs... Read more

Practice Tools for the November/December 2022 issue are courtesy of Eve Rodsky and Fair Play. Read more

How can we meet last-chance couples exactly where they are? Read more

The strongest couples are the ones who are open to help—the ones who can surround themselves with allies, inviting others into the trenches with them. Read more

Eve Rodsky is on a mission: to rebalance the "mental load" that many women still unfairly shoulder in domestic life, affecting their physical health... Read more

Many spousal dementia caregivers struggle emotionally watching their life partners slowly decline. But I also knew that male caregivers, especially spouses... Read more

In this Networker Live event, senior editor Chris Lyford speaks with authors and relationship experts John and Julie Gottman about their latest book, The Love... Read more

Based on her article from our September/October issue, Dr. Regina Koepp talks about how to have "the talk" with your aging couple clients. Read more

Plenty of therapists have internalized the common misconception that at a certain point in our lives, humans are no longer interested in sex and intimacy. Read more

Longtime couples can still experience new, relationship-testing conflicts. Read more

Networker sits down with Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play, to discuss the invisible work of domestic life. Read more

The fundamental goal of a good divorce is simple yet challenging: children must experience their parents as a working partnership that reliably nurtures and... Read more

With tens of thousands of Iraq War vets with PTSD returning home, therapists increasingly face the challenge of helping them with their troubled marriages. Read more