This article explores the challenging process of rebuilding trust through honesty, accountability, and presence after an affair, offering practical guidance for both partners navigating reconciliation.

Discover why children and teens often struggle with inaccurate beliefs about themselves and learn how asking questions and staying curious can help them feel seen, heard, and supported through difficult emotions.

Learn how to recognize emotional flooding and use self-awareness and physiological self-soothing to break the stonewalling cycle and reconnect with your partner.

Learn how to recognize and combat contempt, the most toxic relationship pattern, by replacing disrespect with appreciation, gratitude, and intentional connection.

Discover how replacing defensiveness with accountability can open the door to collaboration, reduce tension, and build lasting emotional safety in your relationship.

Learn how to replace criticism with empathy using gentle start-ups and "I" statements to build emotional safety and strengthen your relationship.

Learn about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the toxic communication patterns that erode trust in relationships, and discover practical ways to shift them.

Associate therapist Ream Moharam explores how unconscious biases can influence our choice of mental health providers and discusses the importance of finding comfort while challenging assumptions in the therapeutic relationship.

Learn why your instinct to "fix" someone's bad mood might backfire and discover more effective ways to offer support while protecting your own emotional well-being.

This blog explores the concept of "workable boundaries" for those navigating the balance between individual needs and collectivistic cultural values that prioritize family and community harmony.