The 3 floors of the Sound Relationship House are the foundation for a healthy relationship. Here are those 3 ways you can strengthen your bond with your partner and finally stop feeling like you’re always fighting.
We often think intimacy means sex, when that’s only a part of it. Intimacy is about our closeness with our partner. If your relationship lacks
Modern professional men are very busy and have many responsibilities on their shoulders: providing for their families, paying bills, working, maintaining friendships, etc. With all
You just started dating someone. You’re tired of choosing someone who initially seems great and ends up hurting you worse than you could have ever
Do you worry that you and your partner have become more roommates than lovers? Does this make you feel sad and confused, as you can’t
It’s Monday—you’re up all night stewing on a project. Tuesday—your to-do list grows longer and longer no matter how hard you work. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Before you know it, that Sunday night anxiety is settling in again and the week has passed in a blur. Thus begins the story of many busy professionals as stress creeps in from every angle.
When your relationship is filled with turmoil, chaos, and pain for many months, it can be difficult to know if your relationship will last, and if online relationship therapy can help. Beyond that, what makes couples therapy successful? and will it work for you, too?
Being in a relationship is a lot of hard work, and you may have turned to an online couples therapist to help you get back on track. Still, you may be wondering how to make the most out of each session with a couples therapist. As a team offering online couples therapy in Oregon, Florida, and California we have some thoughts, so check them out!
When discussing depression, attention often focuses on our female friends, family members, and acquaintances who have been affected. In recent years, the women in our
You and your partner might be wondering, even worried, whether the relationship challenges you two are enduring are rare or common. Perhaps you find that
Mental health is a critical component of overall well-being, yet many men struggle to prioritize and seek help for their emotional and psychological needs, or
Lately, you find that your relationship is characterized by constant fights, often over the same few topics. What makes it worse is these same topics
You might think that doing the right, hard daily work is crucial to having a fulfilling and lasting romantic relationship. The reality is it’s about
When our emotions get too intense, one of our natural responses is to shut down. This can manifest as our avoiding making eye contact, not
Picking up the phone for the first call for online couples therapy You deserve tremendous credit. You’ve made that first call, or are planning to,
You feel like your world is turned upside down. The memories you have of yourself and your partner are all now called into question. The
Are you humble to the point of self-deprecation? Frequently find yourself feeling like the professional growth you’ve achieved is all a scam? If you find yourself feeling like you don’t belong in the career you have or frequently worrying you’re somehow not deserving of your success, this one’s for you.
Remote work options are a hot-button topic these days. With over 70% of people hoping to continue to find some flexibility in their workspace offerings, it’s time to get down to data in figuring out what those options really offer you.
If you’ve been through something painful, I’m sure you want to forget it. You may have run into obstacles in this process and the reason largely boils down to this: the brain remembers.
If you’ve been through something painful, I’m sure you want to forget it. You may have run into obstacles in this process and the reason largely boils down to this: the brain remembers.
If you’ve been continually fighting with your loved one, it might seem obvious why. Perhaps you attempt to repeatedly bring up your concerns about your partner and your relationship, but nothing changes. To understand why, and how to create real, lasting change, we have to go back in time to when we were children.
Are you humble to the point of self-deprecation? Frequently find yourself feeling like the professional growth you’ve achieved is all a scam? If you find yourself feeling like you don’t belong in the career you have or frequently worrying you’re somehow not deserving of your success, this one’s for you.
When you and your partner have been so distant, disconnected, and struggling for so long, it’s hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. You so desperately want to have that close and satisfying relationship you either once had or know you can have if you only learned the right skills. In this blog, we’ll help you learn 2 easy to learn and implement skills to dramatically improve the quality of your relationship today.
You’re at a critical place in your life. You don’t know which decision to make. You believe you must choose correctly and the sooner the do it, the sooner you’ll feel relief from confusion, overwhelm, and fear. You know once you decide which path to take, you’ll feel clarity and confidence because you’ll know that you’re living a life that aligns with your values. In this blog, we’ll explore how to accomplish this goal.
Does stigma, stress, or a sense of personal responsibility keep you from reaching out to get the stress support you need? Have you tried things like prioritizing your schedule or meditation, but still left with an impending sense of doom about things going on at work or home? Here’s how to take the next step when your stress relief tips stop working.
If you find yourself frustrated by the dread that puts a damper on your Sunday night every week, you’re in the right place. Let’s talk all about the Sunday scaries and how you can put them to rest for good.
Do you suspect you or the person with whom you’re dating has commitment phobia? Are you unsure what commitment phobia really is, but you have some idea, and worry about what it means for you, your relationship, and dating for you in general? Do you wish you had the right tools to attract great, loving, caring, thoughtful people into your life and keep them around? If so, this blog could be a great start to this process.
Tired of having the same fights over and over again? Do you feel like you and your loved one are stuck, frustrated, and simply unable to move past one or several topics of disagreement? In this blog, we will look at critical concepts and easy to implement skills to help you both drastically reduce these experiences and much better navigate them when they appear.
The holidays aren’t always as joyous as they initially promise. You may find yourself, understandably, filled with overwhelm, sadness, anxiety, and irritation, as you scramble to get a bunch of gifts and see a variety of people (a handful of whom you wish you didn’t have to see). You may also find yourself desiring a much calmer, mindful, and joyful experience. In this blog, we will explore ways to do this as quickly as possible!
The holidays are stressful and overwhelming enough. Now, we have to try to enjoy them with the addition of an unwanted guest: COVID-19. In this blog, we will review several tips to make your holidays as enjoyable as possible.
You feel like you’re always walking on eggshells around your partner. It didn’t used to be like this. You used to be such a great couple and then your partner lost his/her way. S/he is addicted and you’re stuck; you don’t know how to help him/her. In this blog, we’ll look at critical concepts and skills to begin understanding and incorporating to help you and your loved one through this incredibly challenging time.
You’re tired of the constant fights with your partner. You also wish the aftermath of these fights didn’t haunt you both for days, seemingly endlessly. In this blog, we will look at ways to 1. prevent such intense and frequent fights and 2. ensure that, once you get into a conflict, you and your partner can enjoy each other and life again as quickly as possible.
Most conversations with your partner have become tense. You wish you could just have the smooth, relaxing, and loving conversations you used to have with each other. In this blog, we’ll take a look at some easy to digest and implement tools to vastly improve how you and your loved one talk to one another today. Start being kinder, gentler, more open, and loving with one another, just like you used to be, and know that you can get back to again!
Have you found that you and your partner have grown apart? You wish you both could just be happy and close to each other again, but you don’t know how. Here, we’ll show you one of the best ways to bring you and your loved one back together is through increased mutual fondness and respect.
This year in particular has brought about so many profound changes for us all. It’s so challenging to get used to this new reality. In this blog, we’ll help you understand and begin to use a critical tool to notably help you adjust to all of these changes.
Health officials have maintained that one of the best ways to stay safe from the pandemic is to engage in social distancing. This partial solution to the pandemic causes a major problem for so many of us: loneliness. We’ll take a look at practical mindfulness skills you can learn and use today to help you reduce that loneliness and instead feel happier and more connected to others.
With profound changes comes anxiety. While we wait for life to return to some semblance of normalcy, we don’t also have to wait to feel calmer and happier. We can achieve those feelings much sooner than you might think, and we’ll look at how that’s possible.
The pandemic, along with all the massive changes it’s fostered, have brought up a wave of intense, negative emotions for so many of us. In this blog, we will explore some of the best ways to help you manage these emotions and feel much more in control, satisfied, and motivated.
Coronavirus has led to considerable stress for so many of us; this doesn’t, however, have to continue to be the case. Through measures to increase your healthy routine and foster a sense of accomplishment, for instance, we can start feeling much more peaceful immediately!
The pandemic has caused many of us to feel anxious, overwhelmed, frustrated, and bored. It has fostered dramatic shifts in our social, academic, and employment lives. In this blog, we’ll look at 4 steps you can begin taking today to start taking back control of your life and once again achieve the life you want and deserve.
It’s so difficult to go through life with low self-esteem. You want to feel better about yourself, appreciate your healthy values and best skills, and get the most out of activities you enjoy. Through such skills as focusing more of your attention on your successes and getting better at forgiving yourself for setbacks, we can get you on the path to liking yourself a whole lot more.
The best way we can succeed in anything we do in life is to concentrate on things we can control and let go of things we cannot. In this blog, we’ll dive into what makes this the case and ways to achieve this profoundly helpful mindset shift.
Perhaps you know that something(s) in your life have to change for you to feel happier, calmer, and more fulfilled. You might find, however, when it comes to acting on these thoughts, it’s just so challenging. There are so many normal and common reasons you’re stuck. Through small and meaningful mental and behavioral shifts, you can get yourself moving in the right direction!
With so many explanations for how addiction develops, it can be overwhelming to try to make sense of it all. The leading experts on addiction agree, though, that it all mostly has to do with difficulty in intimacy and connection that started at a young age. If it sounds like I’m describing you, I want you to know there is hope for a life free of addiction, and in this blog, we’ll start to paint a picture of how to attain that life.
When we’ve endured a very unpleasant experience, our bodies do their best to both help us recover and prevent any similar events in the future. While there is so much good in our body’s response to trauma, there are also some significant problems with it. In this blog, we’ll better understand these, as well as how to best resolve them.
If you believe your childhood could’ve been better, this blog is for you. We’ll explore how a difficult past impacts us throughout our lives, as well as ways to overcome the impact of a past like this one.
Trauma changes the brain. This doesn’t mean you can’t change it back. There are several practical skills you can begin learning about and practicing today to make this critical change.
Really negative experiences, or traumas, change the way we think about ourselves, others, and the world in general. For instance, our ability to think clearly and make the best decisions, is impacted. Through such healthy skills as compassion, understanding, and patience, you can think in more rational and effective ways.
