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Case Study

The Challenge of Open Relationships

Can They Ever Work?

Rick Miller

While many therapists are skeptical of open relationships, some believe that, with the right couple, they can work. Read More

Editor's Note

Rich Simon

At this moment in history, we seem to be in a divorce-busting mode, relatively speaking, and so fewer therapists are likely to tacitly encourage divorce... Read More

Point of View

Reinventing Couplehood

Intimacy and Commitment in the Age of Consumer Marriage

Ryan Howes

Esther Perel, a couples therapist whose TED talk has had more than 5 million views, believes that it’s time to challenge the mismatch between the... Read More

VIDEO: Social Conditioning, Or Are We Just Born That Way?

The Neuroscience Behind Primary Gender Traits

Rich Simon

Louann Brizendine talks about one of the key neurobiological distinctions between the sexes: the need to reproduce vs. the need to nurture the helpless. Read More

Case Study

Women Who Cheat

Understanding the Message of the Affair

Tammy Nelson & David Treadway

Far from being evidence of marital bankruptcy, a woman’s affair can be a way of expressing a desire for a different self and an opportunity... Read More

Case Study

Sex, Lies, and the Long Road Back

Recovering from an Extramarital Affair

Barry McCarthy & Michele Scheinkman

Healing from an extramarital affair is rarely a simple process, especially when embarrassing sexual secrets and incompatibilities are exposed. Read More

Removing The Masks

Let’s Stop Wasting Time

David Schnarch

Conventional therapeutic wisdom aside, people typically don’t hurt each other because they’re out of touch, unable to communicate, or can’t help themselves. All too frequently... Read More

The Relationship Revolution

The Internet as a New Way of Life

Melinda Blau

The internet may seem like a 21st-century nightmare version of the worst excesses of the marketplace. But it's creating new possibilities for connection and conversation... Read More

After the Storm

The Affair In Retrospect

Esther Perel

As therapists, we have an unquenchable desire to find happy ending for troubled clients, especially those weathering the crisis of infidelity. But what happens months... Read More

The New Monogamy

How Far Should We Go?

Tammy Nelson

Whether we like it or not, today's couples feel far less encumbered by the legal, social, and moral strictures of traditional marriage and its obligations... Read More
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