The Passion Paradox in Long-Term Relationships with Dr. Emily Jamea

Dear Dr. Darcy, I’m a man in my early 30’s looking for a relationship. Back in college I had a really bad experience and I think it’s interfering with me finding a woman today. What happened was I hooked up with a girl one night after a party and the ...

I’m not a quitter. Not personally and certainly not professionally. People come to me when they need hope - a cheerleader – someone to fuel inject them with possibility. But every now and then, a client or a friend shares a story about a relationship and it becomes profoundly clear ...

Few things stop me short the way hearing about a suicide does. For some reason my mind always jumps to wondering what collateral damage the surviving family members are left with. Especially the children.  Maybe that’s why the story of Naomi Judd —who committed suicide this April— choosing to leave ...

As a relationship therapist, it’s not unusual for me to help my clients set up and optimize their online dating profiles.  I do it when I feel they’ve done enough of the deep work to attract and be attracted to different kinds of partners — the ones they want — ...

Dear Dr. Darcy, This weird thing seems to happen to me which I've started to call "dream cheating."  I’m in a happy marriage and love my husband and do not have trust issues. But every once in a while I will have a very realistic dream where my husband cheats ...

Dear Dr. Darcy: I recently began dating someone several years younger than I am. OK - he’s 15 years younger, and I’m sure you’re going to tell me that I had it coming, but he ultimately ghosted me. Why do people do this? And were there warning signs I missed? ...