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We make it our mission here at Relationshipsandmore.com to offer as many therapy and counseling opportunities as we can in Rye and throughout Westchester County. Our job has been made more difficult by the ongoing COVID crisis. Like everyone else, we have to offer counseling services with a mind toward not exposing people to unnecessary …
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Somewhere along the way, our culture lost sight of the realities of personal relationships. We have bought into the Hollywood fantasy of romantic partners always seeing eye-to-eye on everything. Some of us even grew up dreaming of perfect marriages in which words of disagreement were never spoken. Well, guess what? Such thinking is neither realistic …
Defining what it means to be in love is pretty tough. Being in love is an abstract concept that means different things to different people. Furthermore, when we talk about the thoughts and emotions normally associated with being in love, what we are really talking about is something known as ‘limerence’. Limerence is a common …
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Ending a long-term relationship that was particularly important to you may seem like the end of the world. First, know that we have all been there. Relationships coming to an end is part of the human experience. Second, know that the end of that relationship isn’t the end of the world. The sun really will …
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Effective communication is paramount to solid and fulfilling relationships. That much we know. What we don’t know so much about is why we tend to have trouble communicating with one another. Why is it that a husband and wife, after living together for decades, find it difficult to have simple conversations? Why do teenagers and …
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Whether we call it couples’ counseling, relationship therapy, or something altogether different, the one thing every session has in common is the topic of love. Couples and their counselors talk about both falling in and out of love. But these two phrases are ambiguous. Couples come to us claiming they are falling out of love. …
Professional counseling and therapy are excellent tools for maintaining mental health. But just like with your physical health, you do not have to wait until something is terribly wrong to visit with a therapist. Take adolescent counseling, for example. Adolescent counseling is not just for children already diagnosed with a serious mental health concern. It …
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Romance is something we talk a lot about in terms of relationships. Moreover, it seems like everyone is looking for romance at one time or another. Do not misunderstand. Romance is a great thing. It can be the slow burning flame that keeps a relationship interesting. But did you know there are things more important …
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Want an interesting way to kill a few spare minutes? Do an internet search on the most common issues couples fight about. You’ll get a ton of results. You will see top five lists, top ten lists, and on and on. We found one list with so many possibilities that we never finished reading the …
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The importance of good communication to strong relationships is common knowledge. Every marriage counselor worth their salt will encourage clients to improve their communication skills. A big part of that is learning to listen rather than just hearing. Despite people commonly using the words interchangeably, hearing and listening are not the same thing. You may …
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There is a growing trend in modern culture suggesting that even though couples’ counseling is one way to address marriage problems, there are times when it’s too late to try. We disagree. We believe it is never truly too late to make an honest attempt to work out problems. This is not something we say …
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The combination of age and many years spent together does not inoculate couples against marriage difficulties. Marriage counseling in Westchester County, NY office often includes older couples going through very real struggles. If you and your spouse are in that place, you have nothing to be ashamed about. People change over time. So do their …
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Taking stock of a couple’s relationship is a normal part of marriage counseling. In fact, all relationship therapy involves taking stock to some degree. But guess what? You don’t have to wait until a relationship is in trouble to do so. Regularly taking stock of one’s relationships can prevent trouble before it occurs. So what …
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Fixing a broken marriage requires an honest and complete effort from both partners. Yet it is not uncommon for one partner to not pull their weight. We see it all the time in our Rye, New York office. A couple starts coming to marriage counseling together, only for one of them to drop out in …
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Adolescent counseling and therapy are not for the faint of heart. Adolescents are a unique demographic from a counseling perspective because they don’t necessarily respond in the same ways adult do. It takes genuine experience and quite a bit of skill to help troubled adolescents through tough times. We are firm believers in experience. It …
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Relationships & More specializes in counseling services aimed at restoring broken relationships. We work with couples, individuals, married couples and even adolescents. One thing we can say for certain is that relationships are complicated. So are the issues that cause trouble between people. The complexity of it all leads to the number one thing you …
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We previously published a blog post discussing five things relationship therapy can do for you. It was so well received that we decided a follow-up post was in order. Below are five more things to consider if you are thinking about taking advantage of relationship therapy at our Rye, New York counseling center. Please bear …
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Relationship therapy in Westchester County is one of the things we specialize in. We help couples going through tough times. We come alongside parents and children whose relationships are suffering. Just about any troubled relationship can be addressed in a counseling session. However, counselors cannot fix the problems clients bring to them. The primary goal …
We have plenty of experience in both individual counseling, couples counseling, and marriage counseling in the Westchester and greater New York regions. One thing we have learned over the years is how easy it is for people to have unrealistic expectations of their relationships. Often times, those expectations are the root of relationship dissatisfaction. Expectations …
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Relationship therapy is at the heart of what we do at Relationships & More. How much do you know about it? Are you aware that relationship therapy is more than just talking? It is a lot more. It is therapy designed around a collaborative effort to both understand why a person is struggling and how …