Terri A. Ammirati, LCPC Couples & Marriage Therapy. Prospective clients, as well as friends and family, often ask me if a little rough patch in their relationship requires professional help or if they can and should work out their problems on their own. I usually ask them this: Do you ignore small fires in your […]
Melanie Brosnan, LCPC Therapeutic Alliance. Making the choice to become a therapist was one of the most defining moments of my life. I remember being a teenager and having a conversation with a family member about what I wanted to study in college. During this conversation, I expressed how I loved helping friends and family […]
By Terri A. Ammirati, LCPC. Does love really cure all? Over the past 50 years, social epidemiologists have proven that loving relationships, whether romantic or friendly, contribute to a longer and healthier life. But, it takes hard work for love to stay strong and unleash its potential. It’s almost unfair the way negative emotions can […]
