by drbonnie | Sep 9, 2026 | Healthy Relationships
Quick Answer: Couples therapy and discernment counseling answer different questions. Couples therapy works on the relationship, while discernment counseling helps the couple decide whether the relationship should continue. The practical first step is to determine...
by drbonnie | Sep 2, 2026 | Healthy Relationships
Quick Answer: Relationship therapy for one person is individual therapy focused on the relationship patterns, reactions, boundaries, and choices within your control when the other person is not in the room. It cannot make your partner change or place the whole...
by drbonnie | Aug 26, 2026 | Healthy Relationships
You may be asking why a new relationship, or a new argument with the same partner, keeps leading to an old feeling: being dismissed, overwhelmed, alone, criticized, or responsible for holding everything together. At Healthy Relationships Counseling Services, the...
by drbonnie | Aug 19, 2026 | Healthy Relationships
A relationship can include love, affection, shared responsibilities, and loyalty while still feeling emotionally lonely. The gap often becomes clear when one partner reaches for connection during stress, disappointment, or conflict and repeatedly meets defensiveness,...
by drbonnie | Aug 12, 2026 | Healthy Relationships
Quick Answer: Arguments often spiral when people try to solve the problem after their bodies have shifted into defense mode. To stay calm during arguments, notice escalation early, slow your physical response, keep the discussion on one issue, ask for a planned break...
by drbonnie | Aug 5, 2026 | Healthy Relationships
Quick Answer: Conversations often turn into arguments because a neutral comment gets filtered through stress, past frustration, or defensiveness, and the tone shifts within seconds. That change usually happens early, so stopping it means noticing the pattern and...