Stage of Love #3 – Partnership: Becoming the Winning Team
This is a constructive time in the relationship. Following the fusion of the honeymoon and the storm of the power struggle we emerge with a new awareness of who we are in our union
Stage of Love #4: Re-Commitment – I Do, And I Mean It This Time!
Couples reaching the 4th stage of love have been through a great adventure together. They have shared many ups and downs of life, weathered victories, and losses, built a family, a
Stage of Love #5 – Mature Love: The Eternal Honeymoon
It is said that only 5% of all couples ever get to this promised land of milk and honey. To reach the stage of mature love the couple had to successfully navigate the stages of con
What Couples Need to Know When They Come to Couples Therapy on a Verge of a Breakup?
Couples Therapy works. It’s a fact. The past decade in my Los Angeles private practice provided ample of proof the effectiveness of couples counseling. Many couples left my offic
Letters to a friend #1: Men, Muscles and Masculinity
About two decades ago, before my graduation and subsequent move to beautiful California, online I met a colleague, who became a friend, Rick. He was my senior by a few decades and
Letters to a friend #2: Internalized homophobia and gay men
As I mentioned in my earlier post, many many years ago, before my graduation and subsequent move to beautiful California, I met a colleague who would later become a significant inf
Letters to a friend #3: Male Beauty
Many years have passed since I moved cross-country and settled in couples therapy in Los Angeles, California. These were full and busy years. A freshly licensed clinical psycholo
Letters to a friend #4: Polyamory
This is the last email I have ever exchanged with Rick. We fell out of touch, swallowed by the whirlpool of our lives. I am reading through the letter and recall confiding in Rick,
What is NOT going to happen in Couples Therapy
California is beautiful in the spring. Sunny deep blue skies, fluffy bright white clouds, and a fresh breeze were compelling arguments for a walk on the beach. Nevertheless, I sat
The War in Ukraine: Psychological perspective
It has been a full month of this war. January 20th, 2022, at 4:00 am Russia invaded peacefully sleeping Ukraine. Weeks prior to the invasion we watched the growing tension as the R