Reclaim Your Joy: Why Toxic Relationships Are So Damaging Sep 20, 2024

This is part 1 of a two-post series.

Recently, a confused and exhausted patient asked:

“How do I know if I’m in a toxic relationship? Sometimes, I feel so happy and connected, and other times, I feel absolutely worthless. The highs are so amazing, but the...

I'll Admit I'm Jealous, but Is It Actually "Healthy Envy"? Aug 26, 2024

https://www.popsugar.com/relationships/healthy-envy-friendships-49388712

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It's easy to say there's no room for jealousy in a relationship. That sentiment is co-signed by the wise Oprah Winfrey herself. In a recent interview with Melinda Gates and Gayle King on friendship, Oprah...

Ketamine-Assisted Couple Therapy Jul 31, 2024

Ketamine-Assisted Couple Therapy

A couple recently shared this with me during an assessment session for ketamine-assisted couple therapy:

“We’ve been stuck in the same place for years. We love each other, but we don’t know how to move past the hurt. There has been too much...

The case for hard launching your heartbreak Jul 31, 2024

The case for hard launching your heartbreak

Because sometimes it’s healing to announce your ex-boyfriend’s infidelity on an Instagram carousel.

"While those sharing their breakup stories online may be met with an immediate sense of care and community, clinical and research...

healing, ketamine, psychedelic therapy, infidelity, couples

How Seven Couples Therapists Advise Their Clients to “Get Over” Cheating Jul 24, 2024

How Seven Couples Therapists Advise Their Clients to “Get Over” Cheating

By Laura Pitcher

"Despite how common infidelity actually is — some estimates suggest that between 20 to 25 percent of spouses cheat at some point in their relationship — there’s...

MDMA-Assisted Couples Therapy with Kayla Knopp, PhD Apr 18, 2024

In this episode of the Psychedelic Medicine Podcast Kayla Knopp joins to explore the topic of MDMA-Assisted Couples Therapy. Dr. Kayla Knopp is a clinical psychologist and researcher specializing in non-traditional couples and relationships. She specializes in making couple therapies more...

Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater? Here’s What Couples Therapists Think Feb 23, 2024

If you’re dating someone who’s cheated before, that doesn’t automatically mean the relationship is destined to fail. Still, knowing that your partner got a little too cozy with a coworker in the past, perhaps, or had a months-long physical affair can understandably make you...

How PTSD Can Impact a Relationship Sep 27, 2022

In this episode of PTSD Bytes, host Pearl McGee-Vincent discusses PTSD and relationships with Dr. Leslie Morland and Dr. Kayla Knopp, clinical and research psychologists at San Diego VA.

Listen to “#17: PTSD and Relationships” on Spreaker.

How PTSD can impact a relationship

One...

The Power of Boundaries Jan 14, 2020

The Power of Boundaries

Sharing personal information brings people together and helps them like one another more. But in an age of self-disclosure, how do you know when you’ve gone too far—or when someone else has ulterior motives?

By Sara Eckel published October 14, 2019 - last...

The case for hard launching your heartbreak

Because sometimes it’s healing to announce your ex-boyfriend’s infidelity on an Instagram carousel.

How Seven Couples Therapists Advise Their Clients to “Get Over” Cheating

How PTSD can impact a relationship

The Power of Boundaries

Sharing personal information brings people together and helps them like one another more. But in an age of self-disclosure, how do you know when you’ve gone too far—or when someone else has ulterior motives?

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