In his book ‘Addicted to Anxiety: How to Break the Habit’, Owen O’Kane is of the opinion that we are living through an age of anxiety. This period of history will be understood as the world struggling with yet another epidemic. Not an epidemic caused by a virus like...
It’s summer, and many of the couples I work with are going away. It’s a time to reconnect, a break from the demands of everyday life. Yet holidays can also become a source of tension when expectations, preferences, and needs are not openly discussed beforehand....
Whether it’s the Encyclical from the Pope, problems facing graduates finding jobs, course work in schools and universities, or the creation of new vaccines there can be no doubt that AI is at the top of the agenda as far as any account of current social,...
Family Life Stages: Leaving the nest. There are many stages in family life that can bring people into therapy. At Coupleworks, we often find that after navigating the years of birth, toddlerhood, primary school, secondary school and the end of formal...
In difficult times, expecting your relationship to feel easy and effortless will set you up for disappointment. Instead, in troublesome periods, shift the goals from thriving to surviving Can couples stay respectful, even at times of disagreement? Sometimes when...
Thanksgiving arrives each year as an invitation to pause—to slow the rush, soften the noise, and look closely at what sustains us. For couples, it offers something even more intimate: a moment to turn toward one another and acknowledge the goodness that partnership...
