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Stage of Love #4: Re-Commitment - I Do, And I Mean It This Time!
posted: Feb. 05, 2021.
Couples reaching the 4th stage of love have been through a great adventure together. They have shared many ups and downs of life, weathered victories and losses, built a family Read more
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Stage of Love #3 - Partnership: Becoming the Winning Team
posted: Dec. 18, 2020.
This is a constructive time in the relationship. Following the fusion of the honeymoon and the storm of the power struggle we emerge with a new awareness of who we Read more
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Stage of Love #2 - The Power Struggle: The Things Disney Never Told You About Love!
posted: Nov. 28, 2020.
Couples often expect the first stage of romantic love to last a lifetime. Some of us succeed in keeping the flame alive forever. However, the initial euphoric infatuation will have Read more
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Stage of Love #1 - The Honeymoon: Why The World Would End Without it?
posted: Oct. 30, 2020.
Beach, sunset, two bodies pressed against each other in passionate embrace aaand cut. Hollywood has capitalized on the ethos of romantic love and Disney made billions on the “happily ever Read more
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Online Therapy Adventures of a Couples Therapist
posted: Aug. 23, 2020.
If you would have told me a year ago that I would fully transfer my private practice into the cyber space, I would have laughed. My office was at the Read more
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Adult Attachment Part 3: Why Did I Fall For You?
posted: May 15, 2020.
Love is one of the most powerful and compelling themes of human experience, cloaked in mystery and enchanting our imagination with longing and desire. Numerous tomes of literature and poetry, Read more
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Quarantined Together: The Impact of Global Pandemic on Our Marriage
posted: May 01, 2020.
The grand pause of the coronavirus quarantine forced us to stay inside, to change our schedules, to shift the way we do our lives and to retailor the multitude of Read more
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COVID 19 through the eyes of a Couples Therapist: The Silver Lining
posted: Apr. 06, 2020.
Throughout last month the clouds of uncertainty grew thicker while the threat of the illusive enemy, smaller than the eye can see and deadlier than we anticipated, sneaked closer and Read more
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Adult Attachment Part 2: Adult Attachment Style in Dating and Marriage - My Love Code
posted: Oct. 23, 2019.
Welcome back to the Part II of our conversation about adult attachment and intimacy! Last time we talked about the main 3 adult attachment styles: Anxious, Avoidant and Secure. We Read more
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Adult Attachment Part 1: The 3 Adult Attachment Styles - How Close Is Too Close
posted: Aug. 19, 2019.
Intimate relationships come in many shapes and by far, one size does not fit all. Whether dating, serial monogamy, till death do us part, open marriages or polyamory, each of Read more
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Ten Happy Habits
posted: Jun. 03, 2019.
Love and intimacy in our relationships is such a fun topic to talk about, and the conversation between me and you, my readers, have been primarily focused on it so Read more
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Jealousy in the Relationships: The Secret Aphrodisiac
posted: Apr. 23, 2019.
It was sultry summer night and the air was filled with the loud chatter, music and pheromones. I was working my way through the crowd, both hands occupied with drinks Read more
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Meet Harel Papikian
posted: Feb. 05, 2019.
Today we’d like to introduce you to Harel Papikian. Thanks for sharing your story with us Harel. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there. My story Read more
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The Path to Love
posted: Feb. 05, 2019.
A lover asked his beloved,Do you love yourself more than you love me?Beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live for you.I've disappeared from myself and my attributes,I Read more -
Overcoming A Heartbreak: 10 steps back to sanity
posted: Feb. 05, 2019.
It was an Easter Sunday, a beautiful sunny day in Los Angeles. The world was waking up excited to welcome the spring. It is my favorite time of the year, Read more