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Notes on Relationships, Family, and Emotional Health
Reflections and practical guidance from Carolyn S. Riviere, LMFT, on the everyday realities of relationships, family life, and mental health.
Relationships
Sexual Performance Anxiety: How to Stop “Spectatoring” and Stay Present
When people talk about sexual performance anxiety, they often describe a moment when intimacy suddenly begins to feel like a test. Instead of noticing warmth, ...
Relationships
Loving Through the Fog: Mental Diagnosis, ADHD, and the Fight for Balance in Partnership
When a client walks into my office and shares that their relationship is falling apart, they often point to standard culprits: money, communication, or a ...
Relationships
Partnering with a Diagnosis: Navigating Mental Health as a Couple
When you say “I do” or commit to a long-term relationship, you agree to walk alongside your partner through life’s unpredictable terrain. But when a ...
Relationships
The Silent Third Party: How Undiagnosed ADHD Can Unravel a Marriage
In many struggling marriages, there is a ghost in the room. It sits between the couple during every argument about the laundry, every forgotten anniversary, ...
Relationships
Beyond the Mars and Venus Myth: A Therapist’s Guide to Gender, Traits, and Connection
When couples sit on my office couch, they often bring a silent, heavy frustration with them. More often than not, they frame their struggles around ...
Couples & marriage therapy
The Silent Strain in the 30-Something Marriage: Why We Need to Talk About Mother-Son Enmeshment
If you’ve noticed a sudden surge of articles, podcasts, and social media discourse surrounding adult enmeshment, you aren’t alone. My previous blog on this topic ...
Individual Therapy
The Art of Coming Home to Yourself: Navigating the Journey from People-Pleasing to Authenticity
In clinical practice, people-pleasing is often framed as a relational survival strategy rather than simply a personality trait. Many individuals who struggle with chronic accommodating, ...
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