Relationships & Marriage

Most relationship pain isn’t about love running out — it’s about patterns: the same argument on repeat, the slow drift of disconnection, the resentment that builds when needs go unspoken. The good news is that patterns can change, and the skills that change them can be learned.

The articles below cover communication, conflict, rebuilding closeness, the hard questions of whether to stay or go, and what to expect from couples work. They’re grounded in Relational Life Therapy (RLT) — the approach Jeff Marcino, Psy.D, LPC, is trained in and uses with couples every week.

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