When Love Feels Like Parenting: ADHD, Intimacy, and Finding Your Way Back to Each Other

One of the conversations I have most often in my therapy office isn’t actually about ADHD. It’s about loneliness. It’s about the partner who quietly wonders, “Why do I feel like I’m carrying everything?” It’s about the partner with ADHD who silently asks, “Why does it seem like I’m always disappointing the person I love?”ContinueContinue reading “When Love Feels Like Parenting: ADHD, Intimacy, and Finding Your Way Back to Each Other”

Who’s Really Arguing? Understanding the “Parts” That Show Up in Conflict

By Tahiyya Martin LCMHC, LPC Relationships are some of the most beautiful—and challenging—mirrors we have (I’ll do a blog on mirrors soon). Especially when conflict arises, it’s easy to feel confused, misunderstood, or even disconnected from the person we love the most. When I work with couples in therapy, one of the most helpful toolsContinueContinue reading “Who’s Really Arguing? Understanding the “Parts” That Show Up in Conflict”