From Fear to Intimacy

Marriage

How Renegotiating Your Marriage Can Keep Love Alive

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on August 24, 2025

Why marriage should be seen as a renewable contract, and steps you can take to start renegotiating yours.

Anger

Why Men Get So Angry

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on June 28, 2025

Fear and vulnerability often lie beneath male anger. Exploring the roots of this anger can be a valuable step toward improving relationships.

Therapy

Can You Have a 'Real' Relationship With Your Therapist?

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on June 5, 2025

The television series "Shrinking" offers a misleading portrayal of "authenticity" in the therapeutic relationship.

Relationships

One Simple Question That Will Improve Your Relationship

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on May 13, 2025

Learn a simple new habit that can head off conflict in your relationship.

Relationships

The Loneliness of Being Right

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on March 13, 2025

Take a different approach to working through conflict and feel closer to your partner.

Relationships

A Surprising New Approach to Dealing With Manipulation

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on January 18, 2025

Manipulation is not always an attempt to take advantage of you.

Relationships

A Simple Trick to Argue Less and Feel Closer to Your Partner

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on January 1, 2025

Simple words that help reduce conflict and increase intimacy in your relationship.

Sex

Stop Compromising and Improve Your Relationship

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on December 1, 2024

Why compromise rarely helps resolve conflict in relationships.

Anger

The Difference Between Anger and Abuse

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on September 30, 2024

Learning how to tell the difference between anger and abuse is important in any relationship.

Relationships

Buying the Perfect Gift

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on August 28, 2024

Personal Perspective: Giving and receiving gifts is often stressful for couples, evoking our most primitive desires to be well-loved.

Gender

Creating Opportunities for Men to Be More Involved With Their Children

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on July 30, 2024

A simple exercise to help balance gender roles in your family.

Fear

Helping Men Overcome Their Fear of Women

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on June 29, 2024

Men can recognize their fears to gain greater intimacy.

Relationships

What Men and Women Don’t Understand About Each Other

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on June 17, 2024

Much conflict in relationships is due to women not understanding that men are afraid of them and men not understanding that women are trying to connect.

Parenting

Unpacking the Epidemic of Parental Estrangement

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on May 19, 2024

The epidemic of parental estrangement: The generation who is afraid of their children.

Gender

Fragile Masculinity and Hypermasculine Defenses

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on March 25, 2024

How men use hypermasculine defenses to protect a fragile sense of masculinity.

Relationships

Early Childhood Origins of Men’s Fears of Women

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on March 11, 2024

Men's fears of women in intimate relationships may stem from their earliest relationships with their mothers.

Relationships

Revitalize Your Relationship by Getting Unstuck From Traditional Roles

Avrum Weiss, Ph.D. on February 12, 2024

Both men and women tend to see themselves trapped in this dance and dependent on their partner for release. However, either partner can unilaterally change the script at any time.