Relationships & Emotions

When a relationship comes to an end, people are often so deeply hurt that they feel they will never be able to forgive the other person. This wouldn’t ...

Divorce is a shock to the system. Even if getting divorced is your idea, when it finally becomes a reality you may find yourself even more unbalanced ...

Make sure you pay attention to your emotional needs.

Be aware of sad or angry moods that don’t seem to go away. Though there will be ups and ...

       Dr. John Gottman, PhD, a 40-year veteran of marriage and divorce studies, co-founder of the Gottman Institute, and author of The Seven Principles ...

Graine Mediation is pleased to introduce Kristine Meldrum Denholm as our guest blogger this week.  Kristine is an award-winning journalist who often ...

As 37 million recently hacked people on Ashley Madison can attest, adultery is rampant.  What is going on? From what I have seen and heard in my divorce ...

Graine Mediation is pleased to introduce Terri R. Adams, MSW, LCSW, BCD, as our guest blogger this week. Ms. Adams is in private practice in Fairfax, ...

Most people in relationships have felt, at one time or another, a lack of communication. A common gender trope has a woman griping to her friends, “He ...

Day in and day out, I deal with people who are suffering from broken hearts.  It is incredibly sad.  At the same time, however, I view these heartsick, ...

Thinking you can change your partner is a classic pitfall in many marriages. Though you can sometimes learn to deal with the foibles and flaws of your ...

There is a wonderful article by Lisa Arends in the Huffington Post called "PTSD After Divorce." In it, she describes her own reaction to her divorce as ...

The Reasons that Modern Marriages Fail

Marriages fail at an alarming rate in our culture for three primary reasons:

Most people rate personal ...

There are four factors that seem to have the greatest influence over whether a spouse will cheat or not. These factors are pretty basic and probably won't ...

 If you are posturing for, or in the middle of a custody dispute, try mediation. This is especially true if you are the parent who thinks he or she may ...