Relationships

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Making Love Last:
What You Should Do Now To Keep Your Relationship Happy and Healthy • Dr. Kathleen Nickerson, PhD
Have you ever noticed that most fairytale romances end with a passionate kiss and the words “happily ever after”? Have you found yourself wondering, “Well, how? How do they end up happily ever after?”… View
Passive-Agressive Behavior • Wikipedia
Passive-aggressive behavior is passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations. It can manifest itself as learned helplessness, procrastination, stubbornness, resentment, sullenness, or deliberate/repeated… View
Psychology of Sexual Monogamy • Wikipedia
The psychology of sexual monogamy deals with the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of human beings in sexually monogamous relationships. Psychological studies of sexual monogamy are sparse. Psychologists tend… View
Rational Emotive Behavioral Theory (REBT) • Wikipedia
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is a comprehensive, active-directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioral problems… View
Relationship Breakup • Wikipedia
A relationship breakup (or otherwise simply known as a breakup) refers to the ending of a relationship, typically a romantic one. A breakup can vary from casual to emotionally traumatic.… View
Relationship Counseling • Wikipedia
Relationship counseling is the process of counseling the parties of a relationship in an effort to recognize and to better manage or reconcile troublesome differences and repeating patterns of distress.… View
Seven Warning Signs of a Troubled Relationship • Dr. Kathy Nickerson
When is it time to say, "My relationship is in trouble, and we need help?" When couples wait too long to ask for help, the relationship may be beyond repair.… View
Sexual Dysfunction • Wikipedia
Sexual dysfunction or sexual malfunction (see also sexual function) is difficulty during any stage of the sexual act (which includes desire, arousal, orgasm, and resolution) that prevents the individual or… View
Six Ways to Stay Focused on What You Really Want in Your Relationships • Sharon Rivkin, M.A., M.F.T.
No matter how young or old you are, or how hard things have been, it’s never too late to review what works and what doesn’t work in your life. It’s… View
Speaking The Language of Love - Finding Your Love Language • Kathy Nickerson, PhD
In his groundbreaking book, The Five Love Languages, Dr. Gary Chapman defines five different love styles. Each style is the way someone likes to be loved and feels most appreciated.… View
Stop Me Before I Love Again • Gloria Arenson, MFT
Do you fall in love with the same person over and over again? The name may change, but when the honeymoon ends you find yourself in the same old rut… View
Triangular Theory of Love • Wikipedia
The triangular theory of love is a theory of love developed by psychologist Robert Sternberg. The theory characterizes love within the context of interpersonal relationships by three different components: 1.… View
Triangulation (Family dynamics) • Wikipedia
Triangulation is most commonly used to express a situation in which one family member will not communicate directly with another family member, but will communicate with a third family member,… View
What to Do When Your Partner Has Become Your Enemy • Sharon Rivkin, M.A., M.F.T.
Where has all the love gone that you once felt for your partner? Do you seem to fight about everything? Has your partner become your enemy? How did it happen?… View
What to Do When Your Partner Has Become Your Enemy • Sharon Rivkin, M.A., M.F.T.
Where has all the love gone that you once felt for your partner? Do you seem to fight about everything? Has your partner become your enemy? How did it happen?… View

Mental Health Dictionary

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Active Listening • Wikipedia
Active listening is an intent to "listen for meaning". When interacting, people often are not listening attentively to one another. They may be distracted, thinking about other things, or thinking… View
Adultery • Wikipedia
Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her spouse, though in many places it is only considered adultery when… View
Anger • Wikipedia
Anger is an emotional state that may range from minor irritation to intense rage. The physical effects of anger include increased heart rate, blood pressure,and levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline.[1]… View
Anger Management • Wikipedia
The term Anger management commonly refers to a system of psychological therapeutic techniques and exercises by which someone with excessive or uncontrollable anger can control or reduce the triggers, degrees,… View
Boderline Personality Disorder • Wikipedia
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV Personality Disorders 301.83)[1] that describes a prolonged disturbance of personality function characterized… View