By Amanda Craig, PhD, LMFT

My husband inspired this blog.  For our anniversary he must have gotten me something, probably an expensive outfit from my favorite store or a delicious dinner at a farm-to-table restaurant, but I don’t remember.  What I do remember is the beautiful letter he wrote to me.  I know he worked on it for a while and it brought me to tears. 
 
I put it away somewhere safe, where I will pull it out and read it again over the years.  I hope to share it one day with my children to show them what a love letter looks like.

By Rita Garcia, LMFT

Do you remember what your relationship was like in the beginning?  No doubt it felt euphoric, you felt moonstruck, and both of you experienced exciting sexual passion. 

This is common for many relationships when they begin, and it’s referred to as the Romantic Stage.

 By Emily Eyerman, MA, LMFT

When I sit with a couple that’s experiencing a disconnect, what I often see is a discrepancy in how they are showing and receiving love, which can be interpreted as a LACK of love.

Our perception of love influences our ability to recognize and therefore experience it, as if it was a special lenses. Gary Chapman, the author of “The Five Love Languages” *** calls these lenses “languages”.