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A Therapist Chevy Chase MD Trusts Lets You In On What We’re Thinking As a Chevy Chase therapist, when a new client walks into my office, I can often sense their hesitancy, their nervousness, their fear of being vulnerable in front of another person.  Of course, I try to recognize this right away and help […]

A Therapist of Family Counseling Potomac MD Holds In High Regard On: The Myth Of The Perfect Mother This weekend brings Mother’s Day–a time when we all are reminded to take a moment to appreciate our moms and, if we’re moms ourselves, to pause in the craziness of life and be appreciated by our partners and […]

1. Going to therapy doesn’t mean your relationship is broken. “It’s not a good sign if we need to go to counseling before we get married!” I hear this phrase a lot in popular culture, and it’s just dead wrong. Premarital counseling is preventative, just like bi-annual dental cleanings and a yearly physical with your […]

Relationships take work. Every relationship has its moments where you just feel stuck. Maybe you feel powerless to change things, maybe you feel stressed and overwhelmed, maybe conflict seems like it’s at an all time high. When our relationships feel out of whack, we feel the effects in many other areas of our lives. Stress […]

A Therapist Chevy Chase, MD Trusts Discusses The Impact of Change: Blind Melon has a great song called Change (yes, I was a high schooler in the early 90’s). If you are at all into music, look it up. Great song. Anyhow, I mention this song because Change is such an important concept to understand […]

One of the most common reasons for couples to come in to couples counseling in Potomac MD is to work on communication. Often one member of a couple will say, “He just doesn’t listen!” or think, “I know she heard me, but did she really understand what I said?” Discussions can turn into misunderstandings that leave both […]

Many couples come to couples counseling Washington DC because they feel disconnected from their partner. They tell me that conversation and sex with their spouse is awkward, and they just don’t have anything in common. Most of us would agree that this is a problem. Disconnection just can’t be good for a relationship. But, what about the […]

As I get further and further into my career as a provider of marriage counseling in Bethesda MD, I have come to better understand just how much attitude and mindset about marriage has a significant impact on how a couple tackles issues and, ultimately, the outcome of therapy.   When entering a marriage, or if you […]

This post is the second in our series on Cognitive Distortions — problematic ways of thinking about relationships that lead to conflict, misunderstanding, and dysfunction. During couples counseling in Potomac MD, I see many of these types of behaviors. Last month I shared some thoughts about personalization, and this month I want to talk a little […]