People turn to supportive others as a safe haven, and the comfort they receive can fill them with inner strength to endure and overcome difficult circumstances.
With tensions so high during the COVID-19 pandemic, a change in perspective and tactics is necessary to avoid damaging relationships.
If you are emotionally overwhelmed while in lockdown during COVID-19, therapy can help you to cope better.
Hurtful words can wedge their way into your spouse’s mind and heart, creating mistrust and doubt. Avoid these four phrases that will inevitably damage your relationship.
The thought of engaging in therapy from home may feel uncomfortable at first, but most people adapt well and find the treatment helps. Learn how to find a therapist who is a good fit for you.
While the current lockdown is intended to help people stay safe – it is unfortunately putting victims of domestic abuse in danger.
Being in lockdown due to COVID-19 is hard enough. But being stuck with a partner you don’t get along with can feel like torture. Whether your relationship is overtly hostile or just strained, it’s time to call a truce.
Although anyone can struggle with feeling isolated during the COVID-19 lockdown, single people living alone can be especially hard-hit. However, if you are single, you are hardly alone.
Learn about what help couples need to manage the stresses of living together in a lockdown.
COVID-19 has forced us to distance ourselves from one another physically – and for some of us, that means being apart from the one we love.
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Dr. Becker-Phelps is a licensed psychologist in NJ and NY, and is on staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset. She is dedicated to helping people understand themselves and what they need to do to become emotionally and psychologically healthy. She accomplishes this through her work as a psychotherapist, speaker and writer. She is the author of Bouncing Back from Rejection and Insecure in Love .
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