Retiring Couples Counseling

October 16, 2025
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Are you and your significant other struggling with retirement?


Retired couples often acknowledge the big change retirement brings is that they have more time to spend with each other. Adjusting to retirement, however, can often be different from what they expected and can even have an unexpected impact on their relationship. It can be difficult to adjust to a new situation. The changes can build up frustration, dissatisfaction, and even disappointment.


Communication is extremely important in order to navigate these struggles. Listening and being heard can help resolve the stress in the relationship. I can help you learn effective communication skils about feelings, expectations, and resolutions.


Whether you've already retired or it's on the horizon I believe my skills can help you make this transition a positive experience.

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Houston Strong After Harvey

September 1, 2025
I know that l am experiencing PHSD, post traumatic Harvey disorder. I think most people in the broader Houston area are having stress reactions. I want to share a message that my friend wrote. It replaces images of destruction with images of humanity. A few weeks ago, a hurricane named, jauntily enough, Harvey, hit th
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Gratitude in Life and Relationships

June 10, 2025
Around the holidays we think of what we are grateful for including the people in life. For some reason, it is easier to think of what’s going wrong. Picking just one thing you are grateful for each day helps create a positive. It pulls us out the victim role and into an adult place of appreciation. I ask my clients to
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The Peak - End Rule

July 1, 2017
“Memory is a tricky thing; it does not record events exactly as they unfold. Instead, people engage in an array of energy-sparing mental shortcuts. Daniel Kahneman finds that people time-sample their experiences and encode an event according to how they feel at it's peak and at its end. The so-called peak-end rule gove