What Counts as an Extramarital Affair?Written by Renee Lederman, LPC Renee Lederman, LPC is a Houston-based Relationship & Trauma Specialist and the owner & founder of Relational Healing. Updated: 08/14/26An extramarital affair is any...

What Does Emotional Availability Mean?Written by Renee Lederman, LPC Renee Lederman, LPC is a Houston-based Relationship & Trauma Specialist and the owner & founder of Relational Healing. Updated: 08/14/26Emotional availability means being...

What Is Intensive Couples Therapy?Written by Renee Lederman, LPC Renee Lederman, LPC is a Houston-based Relationship & Trauma Specialist and the owner & founder of Relational Healing. Updated: 08/04/26Intensive couples therapy is a focused...

Why Is Communication in Marriage So Hard?Written by Renee Lederman, LPC Renee Lederman, LPC is a Houston-based Relationship & Trauma Specialist and the owner & founder of Relational Healing. Updated: 08/03/26Communication in marriage is...

Why Is Dating So Hard?Written by Renee Lederman, LPC Renee Lederman, LPC is a Houston-based Relationship & Trauma Specialist and the owner & founder of Relational Healing. Updated: 07/08/26Dating can feel hard because you're trying to build...

You've started leaving things at each other's places. A toothbrush. A drawer. Half your wardrobe migrated over without anyone making a decision. You spend most nights together anyway. The commute from their place to yours feels increasingly...

You know the conversation. "We're just friends." "Nothing happened." "You're being paranoid." "It's not like we did anything." And technically, maybe that's true. No hotel rooms. No physical contact. Nothing you could point to in a photograph and...

You've been on dates where you talked for two hours and learned almost nothing. You know where they grew up. What they do for work. Whether they have siblings. You covered the weather, the restaurant, that show everyone's watching. You smiled a...

You've been seeing them for months. Maybe longer. You know their coffee order. Their childhood stories. The way they sleep. You've met their friends. You've talked about the future, sort of. Vaguely. In ways that could mean something or nothing,...

Have you ever caught yourself reacting to a partner, a friend, or even a coworker in a way that surprised you? Maybe you shut down when someone raises their voice.  Maybe you over-explain yourself before anyone even questions you. Maybe you give...