Active, Respectful, Collaborative Help for Couples
Resolve your relationship issues and deepen your connection in a supportive and safe space.
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Dr. Bruce Chalmer
Help for Couples
Dr. Chalmer specializes in working with couples. He brings to this work a wide-ranging curiosity and intelligence, an ability to connect with people, and a passion for helping people live happier, healthier lives.
Learn more about couples sessions with Dr. Chalmer here.
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Whatever issues you may bring to therapy, be it infidelity, sexual issues, parenting concerns, or any other kind of relationship problem, Dr. Chalmer will help the two of you get past blame and find healing.
Check out Dr. Chalmer’s books, podcast, videos, and blog to learn more about how he works with you about a wide range of issues, including sex (and how to go from plain old sex to good sex to sacred sex), marriage, faith, cheating and healing from affairs, forgiveness, communication, aging, cross-dressing, porn, and many more topics.
Featured Podcasts
Creating Secure Relationships: An Interview with Julie Menanno
https://youtu.be/RltUIUcS7w8 How can EFT and attachment theory help couples develop secure, rewarding, lasting relationships? Our guest in this episode is Julie Menanno, a therapist, author, and Instagram creator with over 1.3 million followers. We talk about how she works with couples, and how Bruce’s seven words (“Be kind, don’t panic, and have faith”) map onto
How Can Improv Improve Your Relationships? An Interview with Andrew Davies
https://youtu.be/kVgOmP_f_e0 Improv is all about spontaneity, fun, listening, and being willing to play. How can improv help you improve your relationships, romantic or otherwise? Our guest in this episode, Andrew Davies, combines his love and training in theater and Judaism, and beings the joy of improv to children and adults of all ages. We had
Four Things Your Therapist Wants You to Know
https://youtu.be/4Nn0zHvopB0 What should you know before you start therapy? Christina Caron wrote an article about that in the New York Times (link below), and Judy and I talk about the four things Caron wrote about, and apply them specifically to couples therapy. As we discuss, therapy is often fluid, especially with couples. Goals can shift,
A Hopeless Romantic and the Masculine Ideal: An Interview with Gregory Diehl
https://youtu.be/wiaJd9MOoUk Our guest in this episode, Gregory Diehl, describes himself as a Romantic Idealist, which, he explains is a fundamentally hopeless position since perfection is impossible. And he remains an idealist even as his own love life hasn’t yet come to fruition. We talk about his ideas about the complementarity of masculinity and femininity, and