Okay, you caught me—you don’t have to be the Houston relationship therapist to realize that defensiveness, in and of itself, certainly does not help you to grow. As I’ve written in previous blog posts, defensiveness can be quite a destructive force in your relationship and I have many clients seeing me for marriage help largely […]
No one has ever come to Houston marriage therapy because they forgot about the second Tuesday in March or the final Wednesday in June—unless, of course, those dates happen to be your anniversary or your spouse’s birthday. But just because missing those dates doesn’t hurt your marriage, that doesn’t mean that remembering them—and others—can’t be […]
As the Houston relationship counselor, I deal with defensiveness a lot in my clients, and it’s certainly not the first time I’ve spoken about it in this blog. When one or both people in a relationship are defensive, it can cause huge marriage problems. Some people get so fed up with their partner’s defensiveness that […]
As the Houston marriage therapist, I’ve seen it far too many times. Couples schedule an appointment with me but, when they come in, they are completely silent and sit on opposite ends of the couch. As I ask them about their problems and why they decided to seek relationship help, I’ll notice that they never […]
