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Helping Couples Thrive During COVID-19: How Affection and Desire Eases Fear
The pandemic is creating unique challenges for couples, even those with happy relationships. What does it mean to thrive during difficult and fearful times? With so much uncertainty as we…
Read MoreWorkshop Review: Therapeutic Posture: Maximizing Treatment Success within the Attachment Based Alliance
Last month, Council for Relationships’ Professional Development Program offered a workshop to help behavioral health professionals enhance the therapeutic alliance, specifically the therapeutic bond. Attachment theory provides one of the…
Read MoreWhat is the Intersystem Approach to Therapy?
Dr. Rita DeMaria is a staff therapist, office director, and director of Healthy Relationships and Wellness Programs at Council for Relationships. The Intersystem Approach is an integrative and dialectical meta-framework,…
Read MoreThe Daily Temperature Reading – A Skill for Committed Relationships
Yes, you can love someone for a lifetime, but you need the knowledge and skills to maintain and grow the relationship. It’s not how much you love each other that…
Read MoreDr. Rita DeMaria, September’s Featured Therapist
Every month, Council for Relationships highlights one of our Staff Therapists on the Expert Voices blog. Rita DeMaria, PhD, LMFT, CST was named this month’s featured Staff Therapist. Learn more about…
Read MoreThe Lifelong Benefits of Military Family Life for Adult Children
At Council for Relationships, our Staff Therapists come from diverse backgrounds that have shaped their clinical practices. Staff Therapist Rita DeMaria, PhD, LMFT, CST spent her young life abroad in…
Read MoreHappily Ever After Requires Hard Work
Staff Therapist Dr. Rita DeMaria, PhD, LMFT, CST specializes in working with individuals and couples who are struggling with relationship, marital and sexual issues. You meet the right person and…
Read MoreLove and Marriage: Sex and Sensuality are Keys to Success
Dr. Rita DeMaria is a staff therapist and Director of Healthy Relationships and Wellness at Council for Relationships. With Valentine’s Day coming up, it’s a perfect time for couples to…
Read MoreFind Happiness Now – No Matter What Your Situation!
What seems like a tough situation today might actually be the best doorway to love and success. Everyone wants to be happy; it is a universal need. With today’s speed-it-up…
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