In my previous articles, we began exploring the essential step in the dance of love: “turning toward” (i.e., turning your attention to what your partner is experiencing). Now I invite you to consider the cycle, the movement between two partners that comprises turning toward each other.

Open relationships can yield opportunities to expand your sexuality, exercise freedom, and jump out of comfort zones.

Do you each remember a situation differently and then argue about who's right or wrong? Find out why on The Couples Center relationship blog.

For some couples, “menstruation time” can be a real challenge. Symptoms such as severe cramping, throbbing headaches, bloating, distressing mood swings, or heightened sensitivity to environment and people can all occur.

What’s the most common reason partners struggle in their relationship? If you’re like most couples, it’s the lack of communication skills.

If you’re having communication issues, it could be a difference in communication style. When arguing, partners participate in ways that can vary.

After a hard year dealing with a health issue, a woman and her partner, both in their late 40s, arrived at The Couples Center to address what she described as his “distance and disconnection” from her.

Avoid arguments and disagreements by learning the two types of listening.

Many times couples ask me what the most important keys are for a good relationship. I believe that there are two essential skills to making a relationship work. These are complex skills involving refined communication techniques and they are absolutely necessary for romantic relationship.