Relationships should ideally be a source of comfort, love, and mutual respect. Yet, sometimes actions that seem loving may cross a line into being controlling. It's important to recognize these red ...

Relationships should make you feel safe, loved, and free to be yourself. But sometimes, what looks like care and attention can actually be control in disguise. A partner who seems perfect on the ...

Many patients have come to me hopelessly engulfed in a relationship that is draining their life force and diminishing their sense of self. They are involved with intensely controlling partners who ...

We tend to associate the word “abuse” with more extreme behaviors and actions. However, abuse occurs on a continuum and can take on different forms and morph and/or escalate over the course of the ...

From time to time, everyone gets so angry that they think unkind thoughts about their partner. But you should worry if your thoughts are motivated by fear rather than anger. Because that suggests ...

If you spot these three red flags in your relationship, your partner definitely doesn’t have your best interest at heart. Here’s why, according to research. One of the most common reasons people fall ...

For many teens, figuring out what a healthy relationship looks like isn’t easy, especially when they’re just starting to ...