by Marlena Tillhon | Feb 9, 2020 | Relationships
Most of us want to have the experience of being in a loving relationship. We have ideas and fantasies that lead to expectations … often unrealistic ones that end in disappointment. These days romantic relationships get a bad reputation for being difficult or even...
by Marlena Tillhon | Feb 8, 2020 | Relationships
A healthy relationship requires a solid foundation of trust, which emerges when we feel emotionally safe. In order to feel truly emotionally safe with someone else, we have to feel secure within ourselves and so emotional safety forms the core of any healthy...
by Marlena Tillhon | Feb 7, 2020 | Relationships
Most of us grow up believing that one day a handsome prince or competent princess will come our way and lead us into a life of Happily Ever After. No one knows what’s going to happen then but we’re certain it will be magical. We spend our childhoods desperate to grow...
by Marlena Tillhon | Feb 4, 2020 | Relationships
Couples often attend therapy because of sex problems: one wants it (more) and the other one doesn’t. On the surface, this may look like a stereotypical problem that the media often addresses in comical ways. However, anyone who has ever been in this situation knows...
by Marlena Tillhon | Jan 2, 2020 | Relationships
Many of us did not grow up in households in which the adults communicated in respectful and healthy ways. As a result, we did not witness and learn those healthy skills for relating. We did not see our parents express themselves honestly and set a boundary. We did not...
by Marlena Tillhon | Jan 2, 2020 | Relationships
It is important to maintain a sense of separation and autonomy relationships. Just because we have agreed to share our life with someone else, doesn’t mean that we have to merge with them in an attempt to become one person. Doing so is unhealthy and called codependent...
