It was early December just before the Christmas of 2017. I sat in my office near Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. Behind the couple seated in front of me, my view...

“Other people matter. And we … are all the other people who can matter so much.” – Dr. Christopher Peterson The day is Dec. 7, 1993. I walk the few...

“Achievement is the product of talent and effort, the latter a function of the intensity, direction, and duration of one’s exertions towards a long-term goal.” – Angela Duckworth, Ph.D. In...

“Nature is not the number-one mystery, I’ve learned. It’s the heart that takes top honors.” – Beth Kephart, “Undercover” Bill Sutphin, award-winning photographer, and clay artist, with his wife, Beth...

I often meet by phone or video with couples who live far away. Recently, I finally convinced Christy, a therapy-shy 27-year-old, to join her boyfriend on the phone to speak...

This completes my five-part series on human-coupled intimacy. In it, we have looked at the fundamental human tragedy of coupled love gone awry, and how to repair it bit by...

“I-I-I’ll really do this, Aster. I-I am going to divorce you if we can’t hug each other or do back rubs. I mean, I know you are angry with me...