I know I need help understanding my husband. I know my friends need help understanding theirs. I know this because, unlike most men, women communicate. With each other. And from all this communication we conclude: we need help understanding our men!

Almost any kind of therapy can be beneficial if it gets the spouses to open up the lines of communication. Many times couples will seek therapy with each spouse believing the other is the “problem”. By talking things through it usually becomes obvious that both spouses are a part of the problem. A good therapist will be able to help each spouse understand that they can’t change their spouse, but only themselves.

Which sounds more exciting? A couple who is ungrateful for and is constantly nagging each other, or a couple who is gracious to one another, and constantly expressing gratitude?

More and more marriages these days are facing long distance relationships. Long distance relationships bring about additional challenges above and beyond the typical marriage ‘stuff’. Or, at the very least, they make the current challenges all the more difficult to overcome. One of the main challenges is dealing with the household dynamics that radically change due to one spouse leaving the home.