You’re single, attractive, and have a career that’s going somewhere. You’re in your prime and you’ve been seeing (or just met) a really great guy. You believe that he loves you and wants to be together as much as you do. It’s as if you’ve finally found your soulmate. There’s just one problem: his shrew …
We are all conditioned by our society, our culture, our family and our peers. Consequently, we adopt their beliefs, attitudes and values about fidelity in marriage. That can help us stay faithful or increase our social vulnerability to infidelity. How did we get here? The sexual and civil rights revolutions of the 60’s and other …
According to the late marriage and family therapist Shirley P. Glass, the current ‘crisis of infidelity’ is getting worse. More people cheat on their spouses every year. Contributing forces include changes in society over the past century, personal and family history, individual traits, and relationship issues. But one’s individual vulnerability to infidelity may be the …
One of my clients said about his relationship, “Our insecurities complement each other: my insecurities trigger her the way her insecurities trigger me.” He was talking about the history of past infidelities – by their respective, previous spouses – that was causing trouble between them, and not, ironically, regarding any illicit or unfaithful behavior perpetrated …
When my clients are looking for information about medications or other forms of treatment, I usually tell them that there’s this wonderful invention called ‘the Internet.’ Simply enter a search term in Google or on youtube, and in seconds you have tons of information. (Which is probably how you got here!) And with the ongoing …
According to the late, renowned marriage and family therapist, Shirley Glass, the changes in our society and its institutions over the past century (such as men and women working closely together or the explosive growth of the internet and virtual media) have created ‘a crisis of infidelity.’ People are waiting longer to commit to marriage, …
