by Theresa Herring, LMFT | Jun 10, 2018 | Adulting, Counseling, Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, Dating, Discernment Counseling, Love, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Relationships
All relationships go through rough patches. Like the weather here in Chicago, there are ups and there are downs. And sometimes the downs can feel like they go on forever (like how it was still snowing in April!) and the ups can be fleeting (that one perfect day where...
by Theresa Herring, LMFT | May 13, 2018 | Counseling, Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, Love, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Mental Health, Mental Wellness, Relationships, Therapy
Fighting with your partner sucks. I hate it. My husband hates it. And I imagine that you and/or your partner hate it too. I mean, who wants to feel disconnected, hurt, resentful, overwhelmed, and frustrated? Not me! And probably not you either. Which is why you’re...
by Theresa Herring, LMFT | Feb 25, 2018 | Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, Love, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Relationships, Uncategorized
Marriage is no fairytale. In fact, happily ever-after can sometimes feel like frustrations ever-after. Of course we can appreciate your spouse’s good qualities but, sometimes, they really get under our skin. The dishes that pile up in the sink, the Brita that’s never...
by Theresa Herring, LMFT | Feb 14, 2018 | Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, Love, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Relationships
You’ve gone from not being able to keep your hands off one other to hardly touching each other at all. In fact you might not even remember the last time you had sex. And you never thought you two would come to this. But yet, here you are, reading this blog post and...
by Theresa Herring, LMFT | Feb 11, 2018 | Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, Love, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Relationships
To Celebrate or not to Celebrate, that is the Question Do you surprise your partner? Do you go out? Or do you stay in? Should you plan an elaborate experience? Or do you skip it completely because it’s, well, Valentine’s Day? The answer to all of those questions...
by Theresa Herring, LMFT | Jan 28, 2018 | Couples Counseling, Couples Therapy, Love, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Relationships
After becoming a couples therapist, romantic comedies changed for me. Date nights become fodder for blog posts and the dysfunctional dynamics in movies stopped being so funny. Instead, I laugh inappropriately at things that capture what it’s actually like to be in a...