Why do you fight the way you do? Where do your beliefs about conflict come from? What’s your “fighting style,” and how does it mesh (or not) with your partner’s? Research has shown that there are three possible “conflict styles” within a healthy partnership: avoiding,...
Do you find yourself locked in battles with your spouse or partner where one must lose for the other to win? If so, you are probably caught in a zero-sum game. The zero-sum game is probably the best-known game theory concept. In such a contest, each side wants to...
After five and a half years as a solo practice in Marriage and Family Therapy, Happy Couples Healthy Communities is pleased to announce that Andréa Green-Soto, a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern, and Sabrina Rensink, a Master’s Student Intern, are...
With over 240,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S. and 1.2 million worldwide, countless people are grieving the loss of loved ones, parents, siblings, grandparents, spouses, close relatives, and friends. Many families and communities were hit by multiple losses....