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What to do if Your Partner Doesn’t Want to Go to Couples Counseling

in Relationships July 17, 2018

Read this great PsychCentral article about what to do if you partner doesn’t want to go to couples counseling. You can attend a workshop, read a book together, or go by yourself. Read more →

Couples Counseling Associates Named Best Chicago Marriage Counselors

in News & Inspiration, Sara in the Media July 8, 2018

GuideDoc.com ranked Couples Counseling Associates among the six best marriage counselors in the Chicago area. Read why →

Divorce Coaching

in Services July 1, 2018

Couples Counseling Associates in Chicago Call or Text 312-416-6191 infocouples@gmail.com All inquiries and sessions are strictly confidential You can certainly go through the divorce without the help of a coach. However, assembling the right team...

Marriage Conflict and Children

in Stepfamilies & Co-Parenting June 27, 2018

Marriage conflicts and relationship problems can have lasting effects on children. Learn how couples counseling can improve your relationship and your children’s outcomes. It’s well-documented that marriage conflicts and relationship problems...

Do a Relationship Check-Up Now: How and Why

in Relationships June 27, 2018

Do you wait to see the dentist until something hurts? Or do you go to the doctor for regular check-ups? As with other health-related issues, the sooner you catch relationship problems, the easier they are to fix. What is a Relationship Check-Up?...

Relationship Troubles: Why are Relationships so Hard?

in Relationships, Separation & Divorce June 27, 2018

What makes a relationship show difficult to maintain? Let’s look at a history of relationships to find out. Not so very long ago (just a few decades), relationships between men and women were based on a hierarchy. Men acted as the primary...

6 Myths About Marriage

in Marriage June 27, 2018

Popular myths about marriage can be very powerful, can affect a relationship profoundly, and create marriage and relationship problems because of underlying beliefs. Why can popular relationship or marriage myths create real-life problems?...

The Stages of a Relationship: Romantic, Power Struggle and Mature

in Relationships June 27, 2018

All relationships go through stages. Let’s go through the relationship stages and talk about some highs, lows, and survival tips for each one. Most people don’t know that relationships go through stages and that those relationship stages...

Marriage in the Media: Recommended Reads About Love and Relationships

in Marriage June 27, 2018

Marriage articles recommended by our staff and experts. Now more than ever, the media publishes tons of resources about marriage, relationships, dating, and separation. Below, we’ve compiled a group of valuable articles from the Wall Street...

Marriage Advice for Newlyweds

in Marriage June 27, 2018

Getting married is an exciting time! What marriage advice for newlyweds will help keep your relationship strong over time? Almost all newlyweds start out highly satisfied in their relationship. How does it happen that two people so much in love...

LGBTQIA+ Dating Advice and Tips

in Relationships June 27, 2018

Is same-sex dating the same as heterosexual dating? Yes and no. Anyone who wants a long-term, committed relationship goes through similar challenges. However, as an LGBTQ individual, you have unique needs and concerns. You may face discrimination...

Reasons Why Couples Break Up

in Relationships, Separation & Divorce June 27, 2018

Couples break up for many reasons. Relationship pundits often attribute breakups to money, sex, in-laws, children, and other normal life stresses. But those are not the reasons why couples break up. All those seemingly disparate problems boil...