Lonely in a Long-Term Relationship: What to Do When You Feel Alone Inside Your Marriage

by Susie Rome | Aug 18, 2026 | Article, Couples Therapy, Relationships

Lonely in a Long-Term Relationship: What to Do When You Feel Alone Inside Your Marriage There is a particular kind of loneliness that is more confusing and, in some ways, more painful than ordinary solitude: the loneliness of feeling fundamentally alone inside a...

Preparing Your Teenager for the Transition Back to School: A Therapist Perspective

by Susie Rome | Aug 11, 2026 | Adolescent Therapy, Article, Depression and Anxiety

Preparing Your Teenager for the Transition Back to School: A Therapist Perspective As August arrives, a particular kind of tension begins to build in many households. Summer’s unstructured ease is giving way to the anticipation of a new school year, and for some...

Individual Therapy vs. Couples Therapy: How to Know Which One You Actually Need

by Susie Rome | Jul 21, 2026 | Article, Couples Therapy, Relationships

Individual Therapy vs. Couples Therapy: How to Know Which One You Actually Need One of the most common questions people bring to an initial consultation is whether to pursue individual therapy, couples therapy, or both simultaneously. It is a reasonable question and...

The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Aging Parents While Raising a Family of Your Own

by Susie Rome | Jul 14, 2026 | Article, Depression and Anxiety, Family Therapy

The Sandwich Generation: Caring for Aging Parents While Raising a Family of Your Own There is a period in many people’s lives, typically in their forties and early fifties, when the demands of caregiving converge from two directions simultaneously. Children are...

Men in Therapy: Dismantling the Myth That Asking for Help Is Weakness

by Susie Rome | Jun 18, 2026 | Article, Depression and Anxiety, Relationships

Men in Therapy: Dismantling the Myth That Asking for Help Is Weakness Men are significantly less likely than women to seek mental health support, and the reasons for this disparity are not mysterious: most men have absorbed, at a very young age, a set of messages...

When Relationships Become Exhausting: Recognizing and Recovering From Emotional Burnout as a Couple

by Susie Rome | Jun 13, 2026 | Article, Couples Therapy, Relationships

When Relationships Become Exhausting: Recognizing and Recovering From Emotional Burnout as a Couple There is a particular kind of relational exhaustion that does not make the news and does not usually bring people to a crisis point, but quietly erodes the quality of a...