by Daniel Brake, LMFT-S | Jan 1, 2021 | Couples Therapy
It is a common enough scene: Everything is going well. You and your partner are getting along just fine, until that one subject is broached. Suddenly, you’re in an argument. Again. In fact, you are in the same argument that the two of you have had a dozen times....
by Daniel Brake, LMFT-S | Mar 16, 2020 | Couples Therapy, Infidelity
The good news: Research shows that a majority of marriages do not end after the discovery of an affair. The bad news: That doesn’t mean that the relationship survives. Mourning the loss of what you had, without destroying your future together can be a tricky path to...
by Daniel Brake, LMFT-S | Mar 15, 2020 | Individual Counseling, Psychotherapy for men
There’s a cliche that women become mothers the moment they discover they’re pregnant. Men become fathers when they first hold their child. I like this cliche, and I use it with my clients, to highlight the visceral difference in experience between men and...
by Daniel Brake, LMFT-S | Mar 14, 2020 | Couples Therapy, Individual Counseling, Psychotherapy for men
More than any other task, your brain’s job is to keep you alive. It’s wired for survival. It does this, in part, by recognizing patterns that signal a threat and convincing you to avoid them. When working optimally, this system might convince you not to walk...
by Daniel Brake, LMFT-S | Mar 11, 2020 | Anger Management, Individual Counseling, Psychotherapy for men
Depression in men does not alway look the way we expect it should. We tend to think of it as an oppressive sadness. In the media it is frequently shown as a lack of energy, a desire to withdraw from the world, and uncontrollable crying. These can all be true about...
