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The Fear of Trusting: Pistanthrophobia

Anxiety, General, Relationship, Self-Esteem, Sexual Abuse / Trauma, Thoughts / April 24, 2020

Pistanthrophobia is the fear of trusting others and is often the result of experiencing a serious disappointment or painful ending to a prior relationship. As a result of the trauma, the person with this phobia possesses a fear of getting hurt again and avoids being in another relationship as a way to guard against future similar painful experiences. When this happens, you’re unable to have a future relationship that may help you gain perspective or understanding as to why the prior relationship may not have been a good fit to begin with.

Therapy Anxiety? No Worries.

General, Relationship, Self-Esteem, Sexual Abuse / Trauma, Sexual Health, Thoughts / April 20, 2020

The first therapy appointment can be much like a first date. Our office is particularly talented at matching you with what will be the perfect fit.

Living With An Ex During Coronavirus?

General, Anxiety, Couples Counseling, Family Therapy, Parenting, Self-Esteem, Thoughts / April 15, 2020

Living with an ex is common these days. There are many reasons that couples make the decision to stay living together even when the relationship has ended. Most of the reasons my clients give revolve around finances and children. However, during this COVID-19 crisis, living together with your ex may cause additional stress and frustration making your reasons to stay in the first place seem insignificant!

Dealing with Relationship Stress and COVID 19

Uncategorized, Anxiety, As Seen In, Couples Counseling, Depression, Family Therapy, General, News, Parenting, Relationship, Thoughts / April 3, 2020

Quarantine doesn’t come with a rulebook. You’ve never had this type of relationship stress before, so it makes sense you will need new tools.
Uncertainty, fear, worry, lack of personal space, routine, and not knowing when this could all come to an end are going to cause conflict.

Alone but Not Lonely: Living Alone During the Covid-19 Quarantine

Anxiety, Depression, General, News, Thoughts / April 1, 2020

Living alone during normal times can feel like a calm from the storm of all the demands, noise, and busy-ness of your work and social life. However, when your home also becomes your office and your friends are all on the outside, knowing how to survive the lack of human contact becomes confusing.

Steps: How To Mend Relationship Conflicts

Uncategorized / March 30, 2020

In my last post, I talked about managing conflict in new relationships, based on a series I’m currently doing for TV’s “I Do”. I wanted to share these tips with you all, and do my part in helping manage these stressful few months. Without further ado, here are my tips for mending relationship conflicts.

Family Boundaries: Now that your spouse is your co-worker…

Anxiety, Couples Counseling, Family Therapy, General, News / March 25, 2020

Like many of my clients, you survived week one working from home through a haze of shock, worry, and interrupted routines. This week you have decided that you want to have a plan in place as to how to best navigate what appears to be at least several months of working under the same roof and possibly even the same room as your partner and family. You want to be able to do more than just keep the peace and be cordial with your unexpected office mate. You want to be able to actually feel productive while avoiding feeling resentful of your partner because of too much-forced togetherness. You’ve probably decided that you need to set up a new set of rules as to how best to co-work without emotional distancing. You need family boundaries.

Here a set of guidelines I have been suggesting my clients put into place while waiting out the quarantine:

Conflicts in a New Relationship: Is It Normal?

Couples Counseling, As Seen In, General, Relationship / March 20, 2020

Let’s talk about conflicts in Relationships:

Though many of you may already know, it’s worth mentioning that I love my job as the relationship expert behind TV’s “I Do”. In our “Ask the Expert” series, I was recently asked, “Is it normal for us to have conflicts even though our relationship is new?”

Common Dating Mistakes – with Dana McNeil

Couples Counseling, Anxiety, General, Relationship, Thoughts / March 10, 2020

If the person you want to date is not on the same page as you and does not want to compromise, then this is not the right person for you.

Hoping that someone will change is not the right environment to start dating.

Were Ross and Rachel On A Break? Therapist Dana McNeil’s Take

As Seen In, Couples Counseling, General, Relationship, Thoughts / March 3, 2020

Recently I sat down with the amazing Alexia Dellner for PureWow to give my take on one of the most “controversial” questions in pop-culture’s past 25 years. Let’s get to it; were Ross and Rachel actually on a break?