From Secrets to Stories: Choosing When to Share Your Past

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? ...

The fourth time I had an abortion… Well, maybe I should start from the beginning. I was seventeen when I had my first abortion.  It was the year I decided I wanted to go to college, just months after the cause of my childhood angst — my mother’s rageful husband ...

Hi Darcy,  I have a habit sometimes of having 2 guys at the same time: One that I am in a relationship with and the other I get what I’m missing from my relationship.  I am in this situation right now and I don't know what to do. The guy ...