5 more ways to come home to your partner

You’re about to walk in after a long day of work. You’re tired. You’re feeling kinda cranky. But you’re about to see the one person you care about the most. In a previous post, I spelled out five ways to come home to your partner. Well, I’ve been thinking, and here are five more.

What is relational trauma, and can EMDR help?

We are all wounded. Though not necessarily in the physical sense, we have all been impacted. None of us is immune. Here we’ll discuss what relational trauma is, and how Attachment-Focused EMDR can help.

anxiety, therapy, traumaAndrew KushnickSeptember 24, 2018parenting, attachment

“Is it wrong to need my space?” In defense of the distancer.

One partner wants proximity, while the other wants distance. This pursuer-distancer dynamic is super-common and can become a persistent theme that causes arguments. In this blog post, we’ll explore what’s really going on for the distancer. A quick teaser: They’re not just being difficult.

relationships, couples therapyAndrew KushnickSeptember 3, 2018attachment, attachment theory, communication

'Help, the news is upsetting me': 8 ways to cope

I see it in my practice, and I hear it everywhere… this is a challenging time. It’s easy to hear about something in the news and become upset or angry, or even fearful of the future. Friends, I’m here to tell you that you’re not powerless. Click now to learn 8 things that you can do right now, to cope.

anxiety, mindfulness, CBTAndrew KushnickAugust 14, 2018values, change, self-help