Category Archives: Counseling

Gambling can become an addiction that destroys marriages because like all addictions it becomes clandestine, secretive and requires lying. Deceit destroys a marriage because sooner or later it is revealed. When gambling starts to undermine everyday activities like a job … Continue reading →

Someone once constructed a hierarchy of happiness. In diminishing order, the happiest people are married men, followed by unmarried women, followed by married women, followed by unmarried men. This is no news to two sociologists, Karyn Loscocco and Susan Walzer … Continue reading →

Gay, lesbian or straight – conflict in marriage is normal, but relationship science can make breakups and divorce “a thing of the past.”   That’s the word from Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, two psychologists who believe incompatibility is … Continue reading →