Shrink Wrap

What we can learn from the trials and triumphs of celebrity relationships.

by Dr. Jane Greer

Mary Kennedy: How Do You Live With Loss?

Loss comes in many different forms – for most people, while it is challenging, it is bearable. For others, as we saw recently with the suicide of Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy, Jr., loss can be devastating to the point at which one might believe that relief can be found only in death. It has been widely reported that Mary suffered from depression. Read More

Stephen Collins: Can Your Marriage Be Close to Divorce Without Your Knowing It?

What happens when a marriage that appears to have substance, and definitely has longevity, breaks up? Two celebrity couples are probably asking that question right now. When and how did things go wrong? Read More

Brad and Angelina: What Does Marriage Mean?

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie certainly waited it out. While they were clear that they had a specific political reason for remaining unwed, the public has been fascinated by the couple’s intense connection—seven years and six kids—without making what some might say is the ultimate pledge. But that has changed. Read More

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony: Did Their Careers Collide?

Before Jennifer Lopez married Marc Anthony she was in the white hot spotlight of television, music and movies. She was a huge star and, as often happens, she attracted the boys - especially the bad ones who had a reputation with the ladies. Read More

Uma Thurman: What Matters Most?

Can the anticipation of a baby bring people together? That's a good question, and it looks like Uma Thurman is working toward answering it right now. She announced this week that she is expecting a baby with her on-again boyfriend multimillionaire financier Arpad "Arki" Busson. Thurman and Busson have been dating since 2007, with a split in 2009, after which they reconciled. Read More

Whitney Houston: The Greatest Loss of All

Even though we watched Whitney Houston deal with her personal struggles over the years which included an unhealthy, abusive marriage to Bobby Brown and alcohol and drug addiction, the news of her death this week was shocking to many of us. Read More

Heidi Klum and Seal: What Blew Up Their Marriage?

After almost seven years of marriage, Heidi Klum and Seal have decided to part. Many people were surprised by their announcement since they made such a point of telling the public how truly happy they were. Read More

Heather Locklear: What Is She Running From?

No matter how talented, beautiful, or rich you are, none of those things are sure antidotes for misery. Heather Locklear is a clear example of this. The Melrose Place actress was rushed to the hospital last week, reportedly because she mixed alcohol with prescription drugs, after her sister found her unconscious. Read More

Katy Perry and Russell Brand: How Do You Start Your Marriage Right So It Doesn't End Wrong?

Katy Perry and Russell Brand may have had a courtship and a wedding to remember, but that is all they'll have left now that Brand recently filed for divorce from his wife of 14 months. The pop star and the actor tied the knot during a lavish ceremony in India after knowing each other for only four months. Read More

Justin Bieber: Was It One Baby Too Many? Who’s Responsible For Birth Control?

Justin Bieber was recently accused of fathering a child with 20-year-old Mariah Yeater who he allegedly had a brief sexual encounter with at his Los Angeles concert in October 2010. It is hard not to let the words to his hit song "Baby" run through my mind as I contemplate this. Read More

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher: When Does Love Stop Conquering All?

There sometimes comes a time when the phrase "all you need is love" no longer applies, and it appears that Demi Moore has finally reached that point. She announced last week, after rumors that her husband Ashton Kutcher had been unfaithful to her while they were on opposite coasts, that she had filed for divorce. If anybody wanted to make this marriage work, it seems to me that Demi did. Read More

Kim Kardashian: Why Was She a Runaway Bride?

Everyone wants the fairytale: to fall in love, get married and live a happy long life together. Sometimes, in fact, it is that hope, that true wish, that drives people down the aisle even if there are questions. And believe me, everyone headed that way often has doubts in one form or another. Read More

Kristin Cavallari: To Wed or Not to Wed? That Is the Question

It was recently announced that The Hills reality star Kristin Cavallari, now also a cast member of Dancing with the Stars, and her fiancé Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler called off their wedding after a whirlwind romance and courtship. Read More

Brad Pitt: Does He Compare?

For his movies Brad Pitt has to memorize lines and carefully think through his motivations. But in real life he doesn't seem to think before he speaks. In fact, he could use a second take. In a recent interview with Parade magazine he basically said that he didn't like his life much when he was married to Jennifer Aniston and that their marriage was, well, boring. Read More

Chaz Bono: Dancing With Controversy – He Is No Longer A Follower

You can't accuse Chaz Bono of being a wall flower. He has put himself out there over and over again, speaking openly about his choice to legally change his gender from female to male to the press as well as in the documentary Becoming Chaz in which he shares his journey as a transgender man. Read More

Grace Anatomy: Why Steve Jobs' Illness Is Our Loss, Too

Not many of us were surprised to hear that Steve Jobs was stepping down from his position of CEO of Apple, but we were still sad to hear the news. We have known for a while that he was sick, battling pancreatic cancer since 2004 as well as recovering from a kidney transplant in 2009. He had been on medical leave for months and we would occasionally get updates about his health. Read More

The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills: Reality TV – Is It Too Real?

We can all guess why people choose or agree to participate in a reality television show: fame, fortune, even the hope of getting help. But there's no guarantee on getting those things and sometimes the fallout can be unimaginable. On Monday, as promos aired announcing the season two premiere of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, costar Russell Armstrong, 47, killed himself. Read More

Sofia Vergara: The Modern (Dysfunctional) Family--With Addiction, Whose Responsibility Is It?

Television actress Sofia Vergara makes us laugh about family problems on her hit ABC comedy Modern Family, but in real life these days her family situation is anything but funny. Read More

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony: Did Their Careers Collide?

David Duchovny and Tea Leoni: The Ex-Files - Can Their Relationship Survive Sex Addiction?

Most of us don't yet know what is behind David Duchovny and Tea Leoni's second break-up in their 14-year marriage, but it is hard not to wonder if David's admitted sex addiction played a role. When the couple split for a few months in 2008, Duchovny talked openly about his addiction and checked himself into a treatment center. Read More

Sarah Ferguson: How Can She Get Self-Worth?

Watching Finding Sarah, Sarah Ferguson's reality show on the OWN network, made me wish I could speak to her directly because there are, in fact, very specific steps that she can take to help her get self-worth which my patients have found to be extremely helpful . Read More

Jennifer Aniston: Is She The Other Woman Or The New Woman?

Here is the picture of Jennifer Aniston that has been at the forefront of the media and most of our minds for years now: America's sweetheart, the betrayed wife, the scorned and heartbroken lover. She was the one who was abandoned by Brad Pitt when he left her for Angelina Jolie. Read More

Hugh Hefner: He Is Just Like The Rest Of Us

One thing the world's most famous playboy probably never expected was to be blindsided by a bunny. But that is exactly what happened recently when five days before Hugh Hefner's third wedding his 25-year-old fiancée Playmate Crystal Harris called off the nuptials saying she was uncomfortable with his lifestyle. Read More

The School Of Hard Knocks: When Is It Time To Grow Up?

We see it over and over again: a married politician falling from grace because he couldn't resist another woman. But what has unfolded this week with New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is different from what we saw with John Edwards and Arnold Schwarzenegger. They had full-blown extramarital affairs, intimate relationships which for both of them included fathering a child. Read More

Jane Greer, Ph.D., is a Marriage and Family Therapist, author of What about Me? Stop Selfishness from Ruining Your Relationship, and radio host of Doctor on Call.

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