If you’re wondering how to connect emotionally with your partner, this blog explores the values that build trust and connection—and how individual therapy can help.

Criticism in a relationship sure can land hard! And automatic impulses to explain, defend, or justify make perfect sense as they’re human responses. But they’re not relational or connecting.

Thankfully there are ways to meet these moments that help you stay grounded and connected.

Have you ever had someone say, “I’m fine,” but their tone, posture, or energy told you they were anything but? That’s communication. Maybe you've given the silent treatment, shut down in an argument, or avoided a difficult conversation altogether (only to find that the tension grew stronger). That’s communication too. We can’t not communicate.