The delight of being a blogger is searching for what to write about. It sends me scouring the internet for articles of interest about couples therapy. And in the process I came across a short blog post on psychology today which really got me thinking. In the post, Joni Johnston PysD talks about three things to consider before giving relationship advice. Since she is the author of the “Complete Idiot’s Guide to Psychology” I like her take on things.
From Couples Therapy to “Ciao”, the Italians are known for doing everything in style. The New York Times recently reported on Italy’s first divorce fair, held in Milan.
It turns out a divorce fair isn’t quite as exciting as it sounds. It’s just a couple of thousand people streaming into the basement of a hotel, and checking out lawyers, dating agencies, and something called a divorce planning agency. Well, if you had a planner for your wedding, why not for your divorce.
Elizabetta Poveldo who wrote the NY Times article, points out some extraordinarily
Scott Stanley pointed out that much of the research published recently appears to be reaching completely different conclusions. Just last week I wrote a blog post “Is Marriage bad for Couples Therapists” about British survey that showed how cohabitation with the arch-enemy of long-term relationships, and pointing out the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) didn’t necessarily agree. Then just yesterday the CDC released a report picked by USA today: “Cohabiting has little effect on couple’s success in marriage”.
When I first had marital problems, I hated the idea of seeing a marriage counselor. Even when my divorce lawyer gave me a card for marriage counseling services I threw it away as soon as possible. So what was it I had against marriage counselors? In my mind I imagined sitting with my hostile wife [...]
Ah! Valentine’s Day – once dedicated to the patron saint of love, but it seems that the patron saint of greed might be elbowing his way in. Ever had that experience? Well, here’s another approach from Imago.
With so many relationship problems in the world, we could do without a new one. But according to Leslie Kaufman writing in the New York Times saving the planet might mean ditching your relationship.
