06/08/2023 Oops! He keeps mixing those letters up, and sometimes they come out as something else.  He has Dyslexia.  Dyslexia is a...

5.15.23 In many ways relationships are similar to combinations of elements that create chemical reactions.  Some blend together and...

05/10/2023 Happiness from without makes your emotional well-being subject to all of the complexities of your external environment. It’s...

05/08/2023 Stop Defending Women! Well, kinda, sorta. In the early 1970’s along with a college friend, I was asked by Los Angeles School...

05/03/2023 Am I mentally healthy? The answer actually depends on how you define mental health. This used to be a taboo area to discuss....

04/24/2023 When discussing relationships, I often ask patients, “Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?” This may seem a...

04/17/2023 Death. One of several subjects most of us are reluctant to discuss. However, unlike other topics, a discussion of death...

04/20/2023 Perhaps no other positive action by one individual towards another has the profound impact of Unconditional Love. In order to...

03/27/2023 Imagine for a moment that you have wheels and tires, an engine, a chassis, a can of gasoline, etc., but they are all separate....

YELL'N SHOUT 3.22.23 It is important that parents establish a home in which children feel loved, nurtured and supported; free to explore...

YELL'N SHOUT 3.20.23 Very often couples come in when their relationship is already on life support. The troubles did not just rise up...

YELL'N SHOUT 3.17.23 People view relationships in different ways. Some people cannot figure out why they have such difficulty...

YELL'N SHOUT 2.23.2023 A truly successful relationship is one in which each partner is the other’s cheerleader. It follows the old...

YELL'N SHOUT 2/13/2023 Losing a longtime love is never easy. I know. I lost the love of my life that I had been with for 49 years. She...

YELL'N SHOUT 2/10/2023 How soon is too soon after a spouse passes to start sleeping with someone else? There is no "magic" amount of...

02/02/2023 YELL'N SHOUT The term enmeshment is widely used in therapy. It refers to an extreme form of closeness and intensity in...

YELL'N SHOUT 1/30/23 A young couple recently came in for help with their marriage of only two years. When I asked each for her/his...

YELL'N SHOUT 1/28/2023 Imagine for a moment that you have wheels and tires, an engine, a chassis, a can of gasoline, etc., but they are...

YELL'N SHOUT 1/25/2023 One of the first things I tell people who are trying to build a relationship, whether it’s romantic or platonic,...

YELL'N SHOUT 1/21/23 Social scientists tell us that it takes about three decades before partners are truly able to smooth out a...