Rhoberta Shaler PHD : Writing

Relationship Help: Making excuses is inexcusable

Relationship Help: Making excuses is inexcusable

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Anticipating a new client in my counseling practice today, I came in early. Preparing for her arrival, I was reflecting on what little I knew abou..
Relationship Help: Rage. You don’t have to live with it.

Relationship Help: Rage. You don’t have to live ..

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Rage! That’s different from simple anger. It is another class of upheaval. Rage is defined as “violent and uncontrolled anger.” A wh..
Relationship Help: Can the apple travel far from the tree? Yes!

Relationship Help: Can the apple travel far from t..

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Working with some wonderful men here in my Anger Management classes, I’m so encouraged to see that even though apples don’t fall far f..
Relationship Help: It Takes a Little Willingness!

Relationship Help: It Takes a Little Willingness!

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


I got a call from a potential client the other day. She definitely was looking for relationship help. She has a daughter who is in her twenties ..
Relationship Help: Got boundaries? Or, faultfinding down to an art

Relationship Help: Got boundaries? Or, faultfindin..

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Some people have been carefully trained to be faultfinders. They look for the problems, the inadequacies, the not-quite-good-enoughs, and the less..
Relationships: What Songs Shaped Your Thinking?

Relationships: What Songs Shaped Your Thinking?

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Today, in preparation for the New Year, I was painting my front door. Having a great interest in Feng Shui, it is not an unusual thing for me to b..
Relationship Help: I say “Potatoes” & S/he says “Petahtuhs!”

Relationship Help: I say “Potatoes” & S/he say..

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Do you think you might need relationship help because your partner sometimes seems like an alien? Does it seem that the person with whom you are tryi..
Relationship Help: Can relationship problems be solved quickly?

Relationship Help: Can relationship problems be so..

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Recently, I was working with a couple who were with me for the second counseling session. At the end, the fellow said: “How long is this goin..
Relationship Help: Do You Have a Crazy-Making Partner or Co-Worker?

Relationship Help: Do You Have a Crazy-Making Part..

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Do you have a partner, boss or co-worker who you would often�"operant word, often�"describe as crazy-making? Does s/he frequ..
Relationship Help: Do You Have to Say “I’m Sorry” When You’re Not?

Relationship Help: Do You Have to Say “I’m Sor..

A Story by Rhoberta Shaler PHD


Were you ever taught to say “Sorry” even when you weren’t? Or, even worse, were you taught to say “Sorry” when you h..

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