It was a sultry summer night, and the air buzzed with chatter, music, and pheromones. I was weaving through the crowd, both hands occupied with drinks for me and my husband, scanning for his unmistakable golden head of hair. And then I saw him… standing with a stranger who was

Love and intimacy in our relationships is such a fun topic to talk about, and the conversation between me and you, my readers, has been primarily focused on it so far. In my Los-Angeles couples therapy clinic, I work with my clients to improve their relationships, deepen their intimacy, establish

Intimate relationships come in many shapes and by far, one size does not fit all. Whether dating, serial monogamy, till death do us part, open marriages, or polyamory, each of us has our own personal style of engaging in close bonds and our own personal relationship with intimacy.   Some of

Intimate relationships come in many shapes and by far, one size does not fit all. Whether dating, serial monogamy, till death do us part, open marriages, or polyamory, each of us has our own personal style of engaging in close bonds and our own personal relationship with intimacy.   Some of

Welcome back to the Part II of our conversation about adult attachment and intimacy! Last time we talked about the main 3 adult attachment styles: Anxious, Avoidant, and Secure. We painted a brief sketch of each attachment style and touched upon how attachment styles shape the way we show up

Throughout last month the clouds of uncertainty grew thicker while the threat of the illusive enemy, smaller than the eye can see and deadlier than we anticipated, sneaked closer and closer. My family has been on semi-lock-down for few weeks. I limited my couples therapy sessions to online therapy and

The grand pause of the coronavirus quarantine forced us to stay inside, to change our schedules, to shift the way we do our lives, and to retailor the multitude of hats we wear spouse, parent, child, employee, boss, lover, partner… First, we were worried, then we tried to occupy ourselves,