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How to Make Your Relationship Work With Your Polar Opposite
If you are reading this, you are proof that opposites can indeed attract. There can be many reasons for this. New experiences, new ways...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


Axing Anxiety - Easy to Use Skills To Help Manage Anxiety
If you yourself don't struggle with anxiety, you are a rarity and one of the lucky ones! The truth of the matter is that anxiety affects....
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


How to Identify, Repair, & Avoid Resentment in Your Relationship
Resentment has been described as an underlying feeling of negativity or a lingering unhappiness without a clear and immediate/direct cause..
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


How To Tackle Holiday Stress With Your Partner
I love the holidays. The decorations, food, family, friends, parties, and of course a good Hallmark movie....
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


How To Stop Sabotaging Your Relationship
Self-sabotaging is when someone is displaying a pattern of behaviors that are creating a negative effect on one’s life...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


Recovering From A Narcissistic Relationship
Narcissistic Personality Disorder or commonly referred to as “NPD” is described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


Best Ways to Cope After a Break-Up
Break-ups bring a very specific, deep, and emotional pain. It can sometimes even feel intolerable...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


Establishing Healthy Boundaries In A New Relationship
Entering into a new relationship can be both exciting and nerve wracking. However, it is also a crucial time to create healthy...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


Navigating The Holidays With Your In-Laws
The holidays can be a wonderful time filled with joy, happiness, family, and friends. But it also has a way to bring stress and anxiety...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


It’s Date Night: The 10 Best Date Night Ideas In Plantation, Florida
As I have mentioned before, quality time is such an important aspect of maintaining a healthy, intimate connection in your relationship.....
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


Emotional Self-Care: How To Practice Self-Care Beyond Manicures & The Gym
Self-care is an essential part of our overall well-being. However, it often gets a stigma of having a “treat yourself” mentality.
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


How to Get My Partner to Come to Couples Therapy?
Marriage counseling and couples therapy is a highly important and successful treatment that can help repair and restore your relationship...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


Tackle the New Year with Confidence
Even if the holidays may still look a little different than you're used to, given the COVID-19 pandemic is still upon us, we still can...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


What To Expect in LGBTQ+ Couples Therapy
A question you may be asking is why make the distinction that LGBTQ+ couples should expect anything different out of couples therapy.
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT


It’s Date Night: 10 Best Date Night Spots In Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Date nights are an essential part of keeping the spark alive in the relationship. It’s a chance to disconnect from the stress and hustle...
Jamie Ratowski, LMFT
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