by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Nov 17, 2015 | Couples Counseling, Family Counseling
On vacation in the quaint, water-side town of Mystic, Connecticut my husband and I stopped in at a local pub one night and made ourselves comfortable at the bar. Beside me sat a gentleman who appeared to be in his seventies. On a Friday night at a bar, he was ordering...
by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Oct 28, 2015 | Couples Counseling, Family Counseling
I don’t generally recommend the lyrics from rock songs as offering sound relationship advice. However, one of the lyrics in the Lumineers song “Stubborn Love” is spot on for a very common relationship issue. Here’s the line: “The opposite of love is indifference.” The...
by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Oct 25, 2015 | Couples Counseling
Couples in long term relationships know that it can become challenging to maintain a “spark” or fiery chemistry with one another year after year. Even happy and committed couples frequently find that sustaining passion requires effort. Passionate kissing is one of the...
by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Oct 23, 2015 | Couples Counseling
Every relationship could use couples counseling at some point. While many relationships have a wonderful beginning, there comes a time when you simply have to deal with some of the more contentious issues between the two of you. If you are one of those rare couples...
by Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC | Oct 2, 2015 | Couples Counseling
Music has such a powerful way of meeting us where we’re at in life. When a significant relationship ends, a playlist of appropriate tunes is a “must have” to accompany the emotional upheaval. Here are a baker’s dozen that tie in nicely with the strategies you can use...
