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Emotionally Focused Therapy: Strengthening Couples Emotional Bond
The Couples Expert Stuart Fensterheim LCSW, interviews Dr. Rebecca Jorgensen. I joined Stuart Fensterheim at The Couples Expert podcast to talk about the importance of connections in our relationships. I share that humans are hardwired for strong emotional bonds with others and as a result all of us need to have closeness in our relationships to […]



Taking a Look at the Brain With Dr. Frank Amthor on TalkTime
I recently met with Dr. Frank Amthor, a world leading neuroscientist/neurobiologist and author of Neuroscience for Dummies and Neurobiology for Dummies on Talk Time. Frank is currently a Professor and Interim Director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama—Birmingham where he has taught and conducted research […]

How to start a website
So you’re ready to start your own website. That’s great! Your website is how you’ll connect with the ideal audience we talked about in our last post, “Build Your Practice with Social Media: Ideal Clients”, so you can build your practice and share your passion. And don’t worry—it doesn’t need to be perfect. My website […]

Therapist Warmth: Creating Change in Couple Therapy – what we learned from Talk Time
I loved discussing with and interviewing Dr. Lori Schade when she came on Talk Time to share her dissertation, which recently won the prestigious AAMFT Research Award. What she discovered is applicable to every therapeutic model. Her Research Path Started in a Coding Lab Dr. Lori Schade wanted a dissertation that would be meaningful for […]

10 Key Points of Attachment Theory
So you want to know the key points of attachment theory? R. Chris Fraley gave a great summary in “A Brief Overview of Adult Attachment Theory and Research” (2010), and it boils down to 10 Key Points. Attachment behaviors are adaptive John Bowlby, a British psychoanalyst, wanted to understand why infants experience intense distress when […]
