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Dating Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder : How to Identify the Symptoms

February 26, 2020Alysha Jeney

Dating someone with borderline personality disorder can sound really scary. Dating someone with borderline personality disorder can also sound really serious. Especially if you’ve never heard of a “personality disorder” in general or have any idea what it actually means. Mental health as a whole can be very nerve racking if we don’t have a full understanding of what is really going on. I write this blog specifically because the majority .

Ask a Relationship Therapist

August 1, 2019Alysha Jeney

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Ask a Relationship Therapist : Do you have questions about your relationship or about relationships in general? Ask a Relationship Therapist your questions about love, intimacy, couples, situationships, insecurities, and more. Leave a comment below (anonymously if you’d like) or email Alysha directly. *Please note, by Alysha answering your questions, she is only offering suggestions or perspective based on her scope of expertise. Alysha is not liable for the outcome of your situation .

Important Dating Tips

March 19, 2019Alysha Jeney

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5 Important Dating Tips from a Relationship Expert : What you can do if you want to find a “real” connection Important dating tips to consider | If you are looking for more than a hook up or someone to fill an immediate void in your schedule, then you may be frustrated with modern dating. Many of my clients who are looking for marriage (or at least a serious committed partnership), are .

Why Women Leave Their Ideal Marriages

September 6, 2018Alysha Jeney

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Why Women Leave their “Ideal”Marriages : Three themes I have seen as a Relationship Therapist *It is important to note that although I am using specific gender pronouns, I am not intentionally meaning to exclude or generalize behaviors unfairly based on someone’s preferred gender identification. This article is an example of themes I have heard in my experience as a couples therapist from heterosexual, cisgender couples. However, this content has and can be a theme in any .

Top 5 Reasons to Find Unique Ways to Connect

July 20, 2018Alysha Jeney

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Unique Ways to Connect : Top 5 reasons why it’s important to find different ways to connect with your partner Unique ways to connect: The importance of finding different ways to sustain your connection. If you are reading this, you are probably in a relationship and are struggling with finding unique ways to connect with each other. You probably struggle at times with the difficulty of sustaining a genuine spark year .

Eroticism and Intimacy : Why Some Couples Struggle

March 20, 2018Alysha Jeney

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Eroticism and Intimacy : How to Merge the Two in a Longterm Relationship Many couples struggle with blending eroticism and intimacy in their committed relationship. Many couples report the sexual honeymoon stage of their relationship fizzling after a few months of dating and after years of cultivating a more emotional and intimate relationship, they struggle with feeling sexual desire and excitement. Before we dive into the causes of this, I would .

Dating Tips for Women : 5 Important Impacts to Consider

January 28, 2018Alysha Jeney

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5 Dating Tips for Women : Here’s what you need to know about your dating life and how your desire to be independent may be causing issues. *It is important to note that although I am using specific gender pronouns, I am not intentionally meaning to exclude or generalize behaviors unfairly based on someone’s preferred gender identification. This article is an example of themes I have heard in my experience as a couples therapist from .

5 Ways Your Childhood Impacts Your Relationship(s)

November 29, 2017Alysha Jeney

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5 Ways Your Childhood Impacts Your Relationship Maybe you know the ways your childhood impacts your relationship(s). Maybe you’ve never thought about it. As an Attachment Based Therapist, I see the impacts of bonds and relationships. From my perspective, strong bonds are what keep us grounded, feeling confident and secure in ourselves and our world around us. I believe, we all need and desire to feel safe and secure; this is what motivates .

Why Does She Keep Bringing Up the Past?

October 5, 2017Alysha Jeney

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Why Does She Keep Bringing Up the Past? 5 Reasons She Holds “Grudges” Written by Alysha Jeney, MA, LMFT Owner of Modern Love Counseling *It is important to note that although I am using specific gender identifications, I am not intentionally meaning to exclude or generalize behaviors unfairly based on someone’s preferred gender identification. This article is an example of themes I have heard in my experience as a couples therapist from heterosexual, cisgender couples. However, this content .

Are You “Too Needy?”

September 12, 2017Alysha Jeney

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Are you “Too Needy?” What does this title even mean and is it accurate? “You’re too needy.” “You expect too much.” “Your expectations are too high.” “Why are you acting like that?” “You’re overreacting!” If you have ever dated, most likely you have been told at one point directly (or have been given an indirect message) that you are being “too needy.” Although our society predominately attaches this label more toward women .