Did you know that couples are fighting less than they were 20 years ago? Seems like a positive statistic, right? Did you know that couple...

We've been reviewing Shirley Glass' great book on affair recovery, "Not Just Friends". Here's some good things to think about, when you c...

GCI Executive Director Salvatore Garanzini, MFT appeared on San Francisco Comcast's TV show "Outspoken" talking about latest relationship...

There are four types of communication that escalate the tension when you're talking with your partner. They are: Criticism, Defensiveness...

Did you know that gay couples are kinder to one another when they argue or fight, when compared to straight couples? It's true, and sever...

Is it sometimes good for a couple to take some time off from one another in order to let things calm down? Yes, sometimes this can be the...

How can gay couples learn to deal with alcohol and drug abuse? Let me ask you a difficult question. What you do if you surprisingly found...

Do you and your partner avoid conflict? All human relationships involve some amount of disagreement. It seems that part of being human is...

Why is it so important to have mutually agreed upon ground rules when it comes to disagreements between couples? - 35 years of research b...

Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage in California, was just overturned. Many people have been asking us whether marriage really help...

This is a great question, and so I turned to the research literature for some answers. All 20 studies that I read agreed there needs to b...

Do you feel like some of your conflicts are gridlocked? When couples are together for a long time they typically learn to become more mel...

Let's talk for a moment about distractibility. More specifically, let's talk about how attention-deficit symptoms impact relationships. T...

When you and your partner have conflict, do you look like a "Dodge Ball" couple, or a "Soccer" couple? Let me explain the metaphor... Wha...

Relationship intimacy works kind of like a ladder. You both start at the bottom, making low-cost bids for emotional intimacy. These bids ...

Breaks in trust come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Small breaks include those moments when you thought your partner would be there fo...

The most frequent question we receive at our couples workshops and therapist trainings is, "What do you think about monogamy and same sex...

In our couples counseling clinic, the most common request is for conflict management skills. In this article you'll find the four simples...

A Note From A Reader: "My partner and I have been together for 14 years. We both come from divorced hetro marriages. My problem is the la...