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Enemies of Marital Intimacy
We want initmacy–that is why we get married. But it is dangerous. Get too close and there is a danger of either being hurt by rejection or by being smothered and controlled. (…)
If you are thinking divorce…
When anger builds to an explosion, a spouse will sometimes compulsively announce that she/he wants a divorce. No divorce may be filed immediately. (…)

Talking Divorce?
When anger builds to an explosion, a spouse will sometimes compulsively announce that she/he wants a divorce. No divorce may be filed immediately. (…)

Good News, Bad News, and Really Good News
Socrates paid marriage a rather back handed compliment when he said that every man should get married because, “If he gets a good wife, he will be happy. (…)

Marriage Matters
Thirteen of the top scholars on family life have issued a joint report on the importance of marriage. The report is based on decades of research and the findings are striking. (…)

Building Your Child’s Self Esteem: Sense and Nonsense
James Robert Ross, Ph.D., LMFT
✹The Importance of Healthy Self Esteem
Most parents understand how important healthy self esteem is to the development and success of their children in life. (…)

Forgiveness: The Spiritual Task of Marriage
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you (Ephesians 4:32). (…)

Marital Maturity and Self Soothing
The ability to soothe oneself during times of tension and conflict with a spouse is critical to the maintenance of a healthy, intimate relationship. This ability is directly correlated with the degree of one's personal maturity or differentiation. The mature and well differentiated person is one who feels secure and who feels ok with himself or herself without other people's approval. When there is tension or conflict, this person neither withdraws nor attacks but stays in the relationship while maintaining one's integrity. (…)

Can My Marriage Be Saved?
I had been asked the question many times: "Do you think there is any hope for our marriage?" The couple in my office assume that I am an expert in marital health and disease and that I can, therefore, make a realistic estimate of the chances of the survival of their marriage. (…)

Help for Text Anxiety
Having trouble passing a test that you know you should pass? Have you have studied and you know the material, but get up tight when you sit down to take the test? (…)

Crimes Against Children
If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. (…)