If you're feeling confused and dismayed by your experience with an intimate partner, you might be experiencing coercive control.

My ex and I let our kids nest in my house. He comes every other weekend to spend time with them. They don't stress about ...

Talk to him about what his goals are in individual therapy and what your shared goals are in couples therapy. It’s possible that he’s as unclear on his motivations as you are. Unraveling that is a ...

His inability to discuss things with me, to share his thoughts and desires with me, is destroying my trust in him.

Talk to him about what his goals are in individual therapy and what your shared goals are in couples therapy. It’s possible that he’s as unclear on his motivations as you are. Unraveling that is a ...

Dear Eric: My husband of more than 20 years gives me slipper socks with grippy soles. I hate them! We live in a hot climate, so I have little use for them. They filled up my sock drawer and ...

Dear Eric: My husband of more than 20 years gives me slipper socks with grippy soles. I hate them! We live in a hot climate, so I have little use for them. They filled up my sock drawer and they ...

I’m trying very hard to be graceful and grateful for any gift from my husband, but I want to throw these at him.

Dear Eric: My husband of more than 20 years gives me slipper socks with grippy soles. I hate them! We live in a hot climate, so I have little use for them. They filled up my sock drawer and they ...

"I’m trying very hard to be graceful and grateful for any gift from my husband, but I want to throw these at him." ...

Men who don’t feel appreciated may find solace or stay in disconnected relationships by comforting themselves with the past. The way things “used to be” or the feelings they felt when they were first ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I discussed our 25th anniversary and mentioned Hawaii as a possibility. He reached out to his ...