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ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: He isn't shy about holding hands with a black girlDear Dr. Romance:
I started dating a man 2 years younger than me, who is from another country. I thought he was very sweet and gentlemanly and of course I'm really attracted to him, and he eventually asked me on a date. We've had several dates, and he's very considerate, very discreet at work, pays for everything, drives me, walks me to my door, opens doors for me. He isn't shy about holding hands in public with a black girl.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: He said I was a false friend.Dear Dr. Romance,
I love reading your articles here and on your website and I always look forward to the new ones. I have a long time online friend. We have been friends for about three-four years, and I even felt I was in love with him for a while - and told him so. He said he wasn't over his ex yet, so I dropped it.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: His Clutter Drives Me Crazy!Dear Dr. RomanceARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: How can I let go of a toxic relationship?Dear Dr. Romance:
I wonder if you have an article that you've written that you can point me too on how to let go of a toxic relationship. I've been involved for 7 months with a man who is continually evasive, avoidant-attachment, manipulative and I need to figure out how to let this go.
Dear Reader:
Yes, I do. It's a problem many people, especially women, have.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: How Can I Trust Her Not to Do It Again?Dear Dr. Romance:
I wanted to get your reaction to something; what would it mean to you if someone said to you "So maybe I quit on our relationship." Yes my wife said this to me right before I left on deployment and I have been having a hard time dealing with it.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: How can we find low cost counseling?Dear Dr. Romance
I am in a relationship of a year and 3 months. My girlfriend Phyllis and I have a constant communication problem that we want to address.
Neither of us are currently working. I do get unemployment but my bills out weigh my income. Do you know how we can find low cost counseling?
Dear Reader:
If your bills outweigh your income, you are wise not to pay high fees for therapy. There are low-cost options for counselling:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: How do I become a psychotherapist?Dear Dr. Romance:
Please could you give me some guidance on how to become a psychotherapist.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: How do I convince my family I'm serious about him?Dear Dr. Romance:
I'm 17 years old and I have been with my boyfriend for 6 years. We have grown up together and he is all I know. We are very mature when it comes to our relationship and our sex life. I want to spend the rest of my life with him but there's a problem. I have made many mistakes in my past and have hurt him so many times. When I almost lost him I decided to change my ways and make him happy the way he deserves.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: how do I forget that she is married and I am single?Dear Dr. Romance:
I'm a high school assistant and I fell in love with mother of one of my students. She doesn't know anything about and has some difficulty with her son's wife. I told her I want to help you to sort out your problem, but I have no idea how to help her and how about my love how do I forget it that she is married and I am single.
Dear Reader:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: How do I handle jealousy?Dear Dr. Romance:
Just read a fine article of yours from a link off the internet, and was wondering your best recommendation of the books you've wrote for jealousy and suspicious minds in a marriage with no real proof?
Dear Reader:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: How Do I Stop My Husband's Ex-Wife from Smothering Their SonDear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: How do we reorder our brain for positive motivation?Dear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am a married man infatuated with a coworker half my ageDear Dr. Romance:
I am a happily married man in my mid-forties with 2 small kids who has become overwhelmingly infatuated with a 22 year old co-worker. She is friendly but certainly not coquettish and there is no suggestion she reciprocates. I have no intention of trying to pursue a personal relationship with her.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am a Native American woman who has been abused and betrayedDear
Dr. Romance:
I am a native American woman who has been abused and betrayed by my husband. He was my coresearcher and advisor for several years. We were married according to tribal custom, which he later denied happened and disowned me in the courts where he was believed over me.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am a substance abuse counselorDear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am allowing my narcissistic ex to run circles around meDear Dr. Romance
I am mindful that I am allowing my soon to be controlling, narcissist ex (civil law atto
ey) to run circles around me, just as we did when we were married. After attending a divorce group session at my local church, they recommend that I set up some specific boundaries and rules of engagement with him. He texts me hours a day, while I'm trying to work. Do you have anything in your arsenal to send me to get this jumpstarted?ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am considering being a licensed psychotherapistDear Dr. Romance:
I am considering being a licensed psychotherapist. What was your education track if I may ask?
Dear Reader:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am in my forties, and hadn't had sex in years.Dear Dr. Romance
I am in my forties, and hadn't had sex in years. I met someone and we CLICKED. We had sex on the 2nd date, I know you can't unring the bell, and I'm betting that was probably a mistake, but there is a serious physical attraction between this man and myself along with the ability to talk and laugh about anything.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am not sexually as attracted to him as I'd like to beDear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am somewhat leery of another romanceDear Dr. Romance:
My last romantic relationship (that I thought was mutual) ended because she said one day out of the blue, "I don't love you any more." I think she never really did, but rather I was her crutch after her last breakup. I loved her wholly, with all my everything, however she did not do the same. That, of course, hurt.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am the one who becomes unbalancedDear Dr. Romance:
I am married 19 years and my husband and I have two children. We have a good marriage in so many ways yet we continuously cycle to a low point every couple of months primarily due to my change in mood and feelings about the relationship.
A bad case of ambivalence on my part. We recently had a nice break from one another with my travel for work. We decided to let go of the past negatives we know about one another and our relationship and start fresh. I really like this idea.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am very confused and disillusionedDear Dr. Romance:
I am a youthful and attractive woman, mid-fifties, who is so confused about online and ads for meeting men. I have been wounded by these men who, after some meetings with them and being promised by THEM that they want to take me for dinner within a few days, they set the time etc. and then BOOM, never do I hear from them again. also, even before meeting them, just via the phone, they ask me how thi
I am, what my pension is, if I will have one and the like.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I am worried about marrying himDear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I attract young boysDear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I can now free myself and enjoy helping peopleDear Dr. Romance:
I came across your web site when I was desperately looking for motivation. I'm a salesman selling first class products but I couldn't get motivated and it's been a problem for months. It's been getting worse.
I read "Motivation and How to Create It (Good Boss/Bad Boss)" and now I'm sorted out.ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I can't decide if she's as in to me as I am herDear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I discovered he crossdressedDear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I don't think I want to be in this relationship after allDear Dr. Romance:ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I don't want to keep making the same mistakesDear
Dr. Romance:
I am a 51 year old divorced Mom who recently began seeing someone. I like him and want to pursue this relationship, but I don't want to keep making the same mistakes! Some people say "be yourself" other say "don't do too much too soon, keep him wondering"...and I am CONFUSED!ARTArticleDear Dr. Romance: I don't want to resent my wifeDear Dr. Romance: