Our familiarity with the quote, “Beware the Ides of March,” comes from the Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar. In the play, the soothsayer warns Caesar of his assassination that will take place on the Ides of March (March 15). True to the warning, Caesar’s is stabbed by his friend Brutus who has joined the conspiracy against…

“Trust” is a word we hear often today. Sadly, this is because we have lost trust in so many people and institutions. But nowhere is trust more important than in our relationships. Without trust, intimacy cannot develop or deepen. While trust is built over time, it can be broken in a moment. When this happens,…

Betrayal is hard to handle. It can happen in intimate relationships but also friendships and with coworkers. It happened to me. I went to a co-worker with something in confidence, asked if she would keep it that way so we could talk about how to handle the situation. She said, YES, and then betrayed my…

Kathy had never seen a therapist before her husband announced he was having an affair with another woman. The shock of his disclosure was enormous. She repeatedly asked herself, “How could I have missed the signs and been so naïve? Have I been in denial of our marital problems?” Kathy didn’t consider herself prone to…

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