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The Five Love Languages: Finding Your Language
<p>Okay, so, we’ve talked a lot about the different Love Languages. But how do you know which is yours? Below we’ll discuss a couple of ways you can try to determine which language fits you […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Apr 24, 20174 min read


Depression vs. Sadness and What You Can Do About It
<p>We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled posts on the Five Love Languages to bring you this exclusive special in which I was invited to a local TV station to do a short bit […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Apr 10, 20173 min read


The Five Love Languages: Physical Touch
<p>The last of the Five Love Languages is Physical Touch. This one is in some ways very easy and in some ways very hard. It’s very easy because it’s pretty clear what we’re referring to […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Mar 20, 20173 min read


The Five Love Languages: Acts of Service
<p>The fourth of the Five Love Languages® is called Acts of Service. For some people, actions indeed speak louder than words. Of course, just as with Words of Affirmation you can’t speak nicely while neglecting […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Mar 6, 20173 min read


The Five Love Languages: Receiving Gifts
<p>The third Love Language is Receiving Gifts. This one is easy to grasp, but it sometimes gets a bad rap because to some people it smacks of materialism. In fact, a person whose Love Language […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Feb 21, 20173 min read


The Five Love Languages: Quality Time
<p>In the last post I described the love language of Words of Affirmation. The second language is called Quality Time, and you probably have a fair idea what that’s about without needing much a definition. […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Feb 9, 20174 min read


The Five Love Languages: Words of Affirmation
<p>Words of Affirmation is the first of the love languages described in Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages system. For people whose primary love language is Words of Affirmation, it’s what you say that counts. This […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Jan 24, 20174 min read


The Five Love Languages
<p>The Five Love Languages® is a great tool for improving relationships, whether you’re at the beginning of a new relationship or you’ve been married for decades. It is a very simple and understandable method of […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Jan 9, 20173 min read


Four Ways to Identify a Bad Therapist
<p>Following up on our last post, let’s talk a bit about what possible red flags to look out for when searching for a therapist in Baltimore or anywhere else. Unfortunately, as we mentioned last time, […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Dec 7, 20164 min read


How Do I Find a Therapist?
<p>So you’re looking for a therapist in Baltimore. Maybe you typed “Baltimore therapist” into Google and it sent you here. But how do you find the right “Baltimore therapist” for you? What goes in to […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Nov 15, 20163 min read


How Long Does Couples Counseling Take?
<p>This is a question I get asked all the time. How long will it take? How many sessions do people usually need? People rightly want to know how much time and money they will be […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Nov 3, 20162 min read


Couples Counseling – What’s It All About?
<p>What is couples counseling? Couples counseling goes by various names: couples therapy, marriage counseling, marital therapy, relationship counseling, and more. These are all ways of framing the same process, namely, trying to help a couple […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Oct 10, 20165 min read


Stop a Fight Before it Starts
<p>Ever find yourself in a situation where a fight is brewing and you know it’s coming but don’t know how to avoid it? Check out this link for a post explaining just that. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-stop-fight-with-your-partner-before-it-starts-1004164</p>

Raffi Bilek
Oct 5, 20161 min read


Family Therapy: Parental Transitions
<p>In the previous post we cited a number of examples of role changes that can lead to conflict in the home and the importance of family therapy for managing these transitions. There we focused primarily […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Sep 26, 20162 min read


Mothers & Daughters: Changing Roles
<p>Why do relationships between mothers and daughters that are warm, loving, and peaceable turn into battlegrounds of conflict and frustration? What happens that causes such a drastic change, often in so short a time? The […]</p>

Raffi Bilek
Sep 8, 20162 min read
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