Steven’s Blog on Psychology Today

Imagine that your son or daughter is in a relationship as profoundly dissatisfying as your own. What would you advise your adult child to do?

One of the biggest mistakes we can make is in the arena of mate selection, the most disastrous of which is marrying the wrong person.

An affair can be the crisis that crushes the illusions keeping us from being our real selves with one another and from being loved for who we really are.

As straightforward as the legal process of divorce is, few marriage counselors are willing to share with their clients when enough is enough.

One's most dismal romantic or sexual failures can be the best teachers of good judgment moving forward.

The best way to spice up your sex life is by fostering a safe environment.

Waiting until puberty to have "the talk" is like postponing taking care of children's intellectual needs until they go to college.

Affair-proofing your marriage won’t guarantee against catastrophe, but it's a great insurance policy.

Abuse is perhaps the single most self-defeating behavior in relationships.

If you want to improve your relationship, do the opposite of these behaviors.