The month of October is dedicated to raising awareness about domestic violence and abuse. The National Domestic Violence Hotline defines Domestic Violence (also called intimate partner violence) as "a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in [...]
As the year went by I watched a gradual transformation occur. Bit by bit my friend restored every inch of that car. As we faced final exams that year, my friend arrived in what had become a shining, rumbling, teenage automotive dream. It was as [...]
Erin O’Neill, LCSW-R April 19-25 is National Infertility Awareness Week and we at Capital Counseling felt it was important to share information about some of the stressors that persons with Infertility might experience. With 1 in 8 couples (or 12% of married women) having trouble [...]
If maintaining a happy and fulfilling relationship were easy then 40%–50% of all first marriages, and 60% of second marriages, wouldn’t end in divorce. Moreover, divorce is not an inevitable outcome from an unhappy marriage. The percentages of those that say they are “unhappy” in [...]
Better Communication for Better Relationships Sometimes, the most basic things can mess up something we’re trying to do. Whether you are trying to bake a cake or build a bookcase, the wrong materials or the wrong tools can derail the whole effort. Relationships are a [...]
When couples split, few parts of the process are more painful, or can be more contentious, than the division of property. “When couples break up,” says Phil Rainer, LCSW-R, Clinical Director of Capital EAP’s counseling division, “depending upon the length and depth of the relationship, [...]
It is a sad fact, but abusive relationships come in all shapes and varieties. While we rightly see and hear more and more attention being focused on physical manifestations of domestic violence, abuse does not have to be physical. It can be mental and emotional [...]
Many things – financial crises, the death or severe injury of a child, differing career trajectories- can put a severe strain on a relationship. But there is nothing that causes the intense emotional pain that is triggered by the discovery that one of the partners [...]
