Dr. Elsa M. Orlandini – a leading Miami-area psychologist and relationship therapist, offers expert insight into the underlying issues of the Ashley Madison scandal. While many people are on pins and needles waiting to find out if their partners were outed as unfaithful by the Ashley Madison hack, we ask ourselves why infidelity is such...
Addressing Failure in Relationships
Couples counseling can help address failure in a relationship. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being an almost perfect relationship, how would you rate your relationship with your significant other? Relationship ratings consisting of 4’s, 5’s and 6’s are livable averages. A relationship rating of 7 and higher means that you are...
Premarital Counseling & Divorce
Premarital Counseling & Divorce – What are the Facts A 2009 Master’s thesis makes a strong case for premarital counseling with the following information. On average, marriages in America last seven years. Half of the divorced couples re-couple with someone else. Forty percent of families have one married-divorced spouse. One-third of adults do not view...
Unfaithful Partners , A Snapshot – Miami Marriage Counselor
Unfaithful Partners – A Snapshot Infidelity: When, Where Why (2010), the Demographic Yearbook of the United Nations, reported that in the 1990’s 93% of women and 92% of men married by age forty-nine. In the United States today experts project that 85% to 90% of women and men will marry. Monogamy is the norm for most...
Can a marriage recover from a cheating spouse?
Can Marriage Recover from a Cheating Spouse? In The Trauma and Mental Health Report titled Love Is War: Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder, the term PISD or Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder is defined as a parallel disorder with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because they both share the stress and emotional turmoil that is re-experienced through flashbacks, painful memories...
What is the real cost of a divorce to a child?
Google the cost of a divorce. Laura Seldon at Galtime.com suggests that if the couple has agreed on everything and just needs a lawyer to sign off, the price is as low as $300.00. A more realistic amount if the divorce is contentious is $15,000 to $20,000, which may be what the wedding cost. Both...