Take This Free Attachment Style Quiz to Find Out How Your Attachment Type Impacts Your Relationships
Ever taken an Attachment Style Quiz? It can be very helpful in understanding your relationships. Bonding serves as an important survival tool of the species. Attachment styles include secure, anxious preoccupied, fearful avoidant, and dismissive avoidant. According to...
Narcissism in Men + Women: Is there a Difference?
There are many depictions in media of the narcissistic man. Whether it’s the billionaire CEO who pushes everyone below him down to success or the violent boyfriend that stalks and kills his girlfriend, narcissism tends to be an attribute more commonly synonymous with...
Sex and Love Addiction — Learn To Recognize the Signs
Sex, love, and intimacy are natural and inextricable parts of our lives - maybe some of the most important ones. Society gives us all sorts of expectations regarding these things, and it's normal to think of them as a big deal. But how can you tell if it's going too...
Gaslighting Phrases + Tactics Everyone Needs to Know
Ever felt like your reality was being questioned and over time you started to feel, well, crazy? You may have been a victim of gaslighting or recognized one of many gaslighting phrases. The term gaslighting, coined by a 1938 movie, is defined as form of emotional...
Can Couples Therapy in Los Angeles Help You in 2020?
The COVID-19 pandemic has hurt more than just our health. It is also having a major effect on people's relationships. Speaking with a therapist can keep COVID-19 stress from causing more problems. Whether you feel like your relationship is struggling or not, couples...
Rekindling the Fire: 8 Benefits of Online Sex Therapy
Online sex therapy for couples with sexual issues has become increasingly common over the past decade and is widely embraced by younger generations. In fact, about 44% of couples seek couples therapy before marriage. Working with an online sex therapist has made...
How Cognitive Distortions Can Sabotage Your Relationship
Cognitive distortions are often the root cause of most relationship conflicts. Either one partner is having distorted thoughts or one person is protecting themselves from their own distorted thinking. Cognitive distortions are a pattern of irrational thoughts where...
What is Polyvagal Theory + How it Helps Your Relationship
The term Polyvagal Theory may sound intimidating, but the concept is actually simple to explain. Understanding polyvagal theory can start by taking a look at the two parts of the nervous system. The two parts of the nervous system...
How To Deal With Mismatched Libidos
Most couples go through normal ebbs and flows in their relationship, and can, at times, find themselves on a stuck on different sexual pages. Couples endure mismatched libidos whenever one partner has a higher sex drive, or libido, than the other. Every person...
The Effect of Enmeshment Trauma in Families
What is enmeshment? It’s generally considered a good thing when a family is close. However, it is possible for family relationships to be too close, or enmeshed. When that happens, the way the family operates can become problematic and impede on each family member's...
Is Porn Bad? | A Look at the Pros + Cons
Is porn bad? It is easy to find many opinions and beliefs about whether it’s good or bad for you. The truth is, online pornography, and other forms of sexually explicit content are neither good nor bad. Porn can be a way for a person to explore their turn ons and...
How Can Polyvagal Theory Help Co-Regulation in Relationships?
Understanding Polyvagal Theory is easier than it sounds. The nervous system is your friend, especially if you can learn to understand and modify its course. There are two parts, the central nervous (brain and spinal cord), and peripheral nervous (everything else)...