“What's the biggest struggle you see in couples today?” This is one of the most common questions couples therapists hear, and there’s...

Trigger warning: this post will be more explicit than usual. (It's excerpted from one of the schmoozeletter emails) Often, when working...

TW: This post references sexual trauma. “What’s the most common problem you see in couples?” someone asked me this weekend. Therapists...

Let’s consider this changed-to-protect-writer’s-identity question, as a springboard to address some issues that arise for couples around...

The Unconsummated Couple They present for therapy with so much shame, sometimes blaming themselves, sometimes each other, or just one of...

*This originally appeared as a column in the Five Towns Jewish Times" Dear Elisheva, I’m struggling with something affecting my marriage,...

*This was originally a column in the Five Towns Jewish Times* Dear Elisheva, My wife and I have been married for almost three years, and...

*This first appeared as a column in the Five Towns Jewish Times* Dear Elisheva, This message probably makes me sounds like a shallow,...

This was originally published as a column in the Five Towns Jewish Times Dear Elisheva, My husband and I had discussed this when we were...

*This post was originally published as a State of Mind column in the Five Towns Jewish Times* Dear Elisheva, My family is in a...

*This is an excerpt from one of my schmoozeletter emails.* One of the more painful categories of work we do is talking with people who ...

It usually happens some time in the middle of a session. We’ll be discussing a couple’s intimate life, and I can see the consternation...

*This originally appeared in the Five Towns Jewish Times State of Mind column* Dear Elisheva, I would imagine my problem is not unique,...

The following is a conversation that comes up a lot with my couples in therapy: Me: So what would you say are the challenges you're...

Once upon a time, there was a young, sincere couple, who married and loved each other. But they had one problem: Even after a few years...

Trigger warning: this post discusses sexual trauma Zeesy, a 19-year-old newlywed, was referred for intense erotophobia- a fear of ...

This originally appeared as a column in the Five Towns Jewish Times. Dear Elisheva, I can’t decide whether my problem is marital or...

Atara and Azriel are trying to plan a vacation. For the first time since they had kids, they have a chance to get away just the two of...

There's something I've learned in the course of both my work and my spiritual studies has made a profound difference in the way I view...

“Do you know what it’s like to live with someone for six years and not even once have them initiate physical intimacy?” he asks. “Well,...