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Counseling in Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, & Plantation, FL


Repairing Your Relationship After Infidelity
There are different perceptions regarding what constitutes cheating/infidelity. For some, it’s the physical act of intercourse...

Jackie Schwartz, 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


How Couples Can Turn Conflict into Connection
For many, conflict is one of those Boogeyman words that frighten, terrifies, and is something to be avoided and prevented at all costs.

Jackie Schwartz, LMFT


Signs of a Toxic Relationship
A toxic relationship can have signs of toxicity that are obvious & some that are more subtle. If you have ever been in a toxic relationship.

Jackie Schwartz, LMFT


How Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Can Help Couples: Part II
In part 2 of "How Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Can Help Couples", we look at how self-validation lessens the sting of conflict...

Carla Barrow, LMFT


How Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Can Help Couples: Part I
DBT provides skills training that covers four main areas -- Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotional Regulation, and Distress...

Carla Barrow, 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


Why It’s Important to Know Your Partner’s Love Language
Prioritizing the emotional needs of our partner means that we care about our partner’s feelings and how they are experiencing relationship.

Jackie Schwartz, LMFT


5 Marriage Tips From a Gottman Couples Therapist
Gottman method has been proven to repair damaged and distressed couples and enrich relationships with practical tools, which I will be...

Jackie Schwartz, LMFT


What to Expect In Couples Therapy
Couples therapy can feel daunting. Not only are people concerned and scared for their relationship...

Jackie Schwartz, 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


10 Relationship Lessons on My 10 Year Anniversary
Reaching 10 years in my marriage is a milestone that I have been looking forward to for quite some time. The only unfortunate...

Jessica Jefferson, LMFT


Recovering From Affairs in Couple’s Therapy
As a marriage and family therapist working with couples in crisis,I see people who come to therapy because one of the partners had an...

Carla Barrow, LMFT


Small Things Often
Successful relationships and how we perceive our partners are based on a series of interactions and gestures both big and small...

Jackie Schwartz, LMFT


7 dicas para homens melhorarem seus relacionamentos
Sim, estou falando com você, o homem da relação.
Você está se perguntando sobre o que aconteceu com aquela paixão e conexão

Alexa von Oertzen, LMFT
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