Was Hillary Clinton wrong for staying with her husband, Bill, after yet another affair—this time with a White House intern? Personally, I don’t think it’s anybody’s business what she chose to do, but as a public figure, Ms. Clinton was the object of much gossip. In past generations, there was pressure to stay in the… Read More
Do you remember any of these phrases from your childhood? “Quit being a baby!” “Take it like a man!” “Don’t upset me with your problems!” “Don’t you know I’m too busy with your father/sister/brother to deal with you right now?” It may have been inadvertent, but you got the message somewhere along the line that… Read More
What do you do when you’ve done all you can? Despite repeated promises to stop having affairs or talking in chat rooms or sexting with a coworker, your partner continues. There’s a pattern—what seems like an addiction. Your partner says, no, everything’s fine. Or that this is normal in a marriage, even though the two… Read More
Okay, I admit it. I didn’t like it the first time I rode a roller coaster. It just wasn’t for me. I was a kid—maybe 12 years old—when I hopped aboard Thunder Road at Carowinds near Charlotte, North Carolina. The wooden roller coaster bumped along so jarringly that I thought my teeth were going to… Read More
What brought you to this place? It may or may not be the first question that I as your therapist will ask you, but it’s a revealing question that you might ask yourself. What brought you to the place where you’re ready to begin working on your sex addiction? What brought you to the place… Read More
