Emotional intelligence is one of those things that doesn’t always get the spotlight, but it’s quietly doing all the heavy lifting in healthy relationships. It’s about knowing how to handle your own ...

These six books can help ease tensions. By Louisa Kamps Earlier in my career, I worked for a hot-tempered woman who, according to an office rumor, had thrown a shoe at one of my predecessors. Rattled ...

Declarations of love, snoring, exercising and other boundary violations can really derail a therapeutic relationship. By Christina Caron In her first session with a new therapist in San Diego, Elise, ...

Passive-aggressive people rarely tell you exactly what’s bothering them. Instead, their frustration slips out in subtle ways: a backhanded joke, a heavy sigh, an uncharacteristically curt text—all of ...