I’ve been working with people in psychotherapy for nearly 25 years. I’ve stared at hundreds of marriage problems from every conceivable angle. And I’ve listened to people talk through their tears and their anger about what went wrong. I’ve become convinced that we can eliminate hundreds of thousands of marriage Read More…
Expectations are so basic that we often don’t even recognize them. Yet they influence our behavior every day—how we treat people, how we react to different situations. This is especially true for those who have been previously married. Each of us brings a certain set of expectations, a mental picture Read More…
The following exercises are designed to help you explore some of your expectations. Plan to spend time thinking carefully about each area that is applicable to you. Both of you should write your thoughts down on a separate pad of paper, then share them. Each point is meant to stimulate Read More…
Are you rushing into marriage? As an adviser to people wishing to be married, I am far more cautious during premarital counseling now than when I first began. I have witnessed an alarming number of broken marriages. And many of them failed in the early years. Consequently, a significant number Read More…
