While divorce rates today do not hit the extremes seen in the 1980s, the persistently high rates point towards a misalignment ...

Commitment to any task comes with expectations about it: hopes for yourself, others, and outcomes of working together. Marriage and couples relationships are no different: in every relationship, we ...

Relationship therapist Dr. Sarah Mitchell has counseled hundreds of couples struggling with timeline expectations. "Love doesn't always follow a prescribed ...

For those who waited until marriage to have sex, their expectations or assumptions may not align with reality, especially if they’re based on idealized media portrayals. “We had more sex ...

I have had quite a few couples come through my office for marriage/couples counseling. More often than not, couples either ...

While it is okay to have hopes and expectations for the future, pressuring someone to make a major life decision out of fear ...