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How Prejudging Hurts Your Relationship
I challenge you to try THIS instead.

Connecting with Partner / Amy Lombardi, LPC

I’ve been fortunate to train under the best-of-the-best in relationship therapy and in the neuroscience of therapy. One expert I greatly respect is physician Gabor Maté, a leader in trauma and the lifelong impacts on physical and mental health. I recently watched his video-based program called Starting Fresh, designed to help parents and their adult children […]

How Prejudging Hurts Your Relationship

I challenge you to try THIS instead.

You Can Heal Your Relationship At Any Age!
The average couple takes six years to seek help. Don't let that be you!

Connecting with Partner / Amy Lombardi, LPC

In the last few years, I’ve noticed a shift in the ages of people who seek couples counseling, as well as at what point in the relationship they are seeking help. While in years past, most of my clients ranged in age from their late 30s to 50s, lately I’ve been seeing many clients in their 60’s and 70’s

You Can Heal Your Relationship At Any Age!

The average couple takes six years to seek help. Don't let that be you!

2 Little Words That Destroy
These 2 words hurt relationships. Say this instead...

Connecting with Partner, Relationships / Amy Lombardi, LPC

There are two little words that I see hurt relationships again and again. I ask all the couples I work with to try not to use them. Can you guess what they are? While you’re thinking about it, I’ll tell you that you might find it hard to stop using these two words altogether. But

2 Little Words That Destroy

These 2 words hurt relationships. Say this instead...

The Pains Of Infertility
A dark time in my life

Connecting with Partner, Infertility, Parenting / Amy Lombardi, LPC

I can’t even count how many couples I’ve seen in the past two decades who’ve experienced infertility. The pains and disappointments of another month without a pregnancy, feeling like everyone else is easily getting pregnant, invasive tests and procedures, and dealing with insensitive comments by others such as, “When are you going to have a

The Pains Of Infertility

A dark time in my life

do you know a narcissist?
Here's how to know if you've been hurt by a narcissist

Connecting with Partner, Setting Boundaries / Amy Lombardi, LPC

Something I see over and over in my office is good people hurting because someone’s behavior has been so painful and so confusing. Often, my clients are suffering from the impact of someone close to them having narcissistic traits or Narcissistic Personality Disorder. What Exactly Is Narcissism? Narcissism is extreme self-involvement to the degree that

do you know a narcissist?

Here's how to know if you've been hurt by a narcissist

Skilled Couples Know THIS
How to develop relationship skills

Connecting with Partner / Amy Lombardi, LPC

How the heck are we supposed to “just know” how to be part of a dynamic, connected couple? A couple that has a system to process disagreements and a system for how to support each other? After all, most of us weren’t taught relationship skills at school. And many of us weren’t taught the best

Skilled Couples Know THIS

How to develop relationship skills

A red boxing glove and a blue boxing club spar representing democrats and republicans

6 Strategies to Prevent Breaking Up Over Politics
How to have a healthy relationship despite political differences

Connecting with Partner / Amy Lombardi, LPC

When I started practicing couples therapy two decades ago, clients hardly ever mentioned arguing over politics. That’s all changed in the past few years. Now more and more clients come to me because they’re considering breaking up over political differences. It is possible to have a healthy relationship despite political differences if partners are committed

6 Strategies to Prevent Breaking Up Over Politics

How to have a healthy relationship despite political differences

What to Do If Your Husband Rejects Sex
Get to the root of the problem so you can solve it.

Connecting with Partner / Amy Lombardi, LPC

You may be confident that your husband loves you, but if that’s true, why isn’t he receptive to your invitations for intimacy anymore? Last night the kids went to grandma’s house for an overnight. It was the perfect time. You put on your satin pajamas, lit a candle on the bedside and summoned him to

What to Do If Your Husband Rejects Sex

Get to the root of the problem so you can solve it.

Reduce Your Wife’s Anxiety and Improve Your Marriage!
Stop feeling powerless in the face of anxiety.

Connecting with Partner / Amy Lombardi, LPC

As a couples therapist, I’ve worked with many husbands throughout the years who say a big problem in their marriage is their wife’s anxiety. Men can certainly experience anxiety as well, but I see more women present with anxiety. This falls in line with scientific research which consistently shows that women are 1.5-2 times more

Reduce Your Wife’s Anxiety and Improve Your Marriage!