We have all experienced or heard of a hangover when you have drunk too much alcohol. A wild night out can lead to an onslaught of difficult symptoms the following morning. A Hangover from drinking can lead to nausea, headache, sensitivity to light and bloating. Emotional Hangover is also a real phenomenon you can experience emotional hangovers from encounters with negative people and toxic environments. "Emotional Hangover" has been studied by New York University researche

In all relationships there will be conflict; as a couple’s therapist my main purpose is to teach couples how to manage their conflicts. There are some sure fire ways to flare up and exacerbate conflicts into negative cycles and aggression. If couples learn how to communicate and manage ineffective and explosive conflicts they will report a deeper sense of satisfaction in their relationships, more frequent and emotionally gratifying sex, higher and deeper feelings of emotiona

I recently attended a week long seminar on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) by George Faller, LMFT in Cape Cod, MA. EFT is usually a short term (8-20 sessions), structured approach to couples therapy formulated in the 1980’s and has developed alongside the science on adult attachment and bonding to expand our understanding about what is happening in couple relationships and to guide therapists (http://www.iceeft.com) I was blown away by the paradoxical approach in simplicity