by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Aug 18, 2023 | Marriage, Relationships
Marriage is a supreme challenge. To love with integrity and openness to growth requires particular dispositions, knowledge, and embodied skills. Many of the couples that come to me for therapy are as desirous of connection and intimacy as they are frustrated with the... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Mar 27, 2023 | Parenting, Relationships, Resolute DBT for Men
For the men who desire to be responsible spouses and fathers but who didn’t have solid male role models growing up, and who have tenuous attachment histories with their family of origins, and who may even carry the burdens of trauma that have a detrimental... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Mar 23, 2023 | DBT, Resolute DBT for Men, Uncategorized
The Boys are Back in Town Here at NorthStar Therapy, home of Wichita DBT, we have seen a steady and impressive increase of men self-referring for therapy. These self-referred men range in age from twenty-ish up to their forties. They come seeking support for their... by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Nov 15, 2022 | DBT, Marriage, Relationships
Introduction When a couple is in distress or adrift they may seek professional help to mend their relationship or get back on track to rediscover their underlying friendship, and willingness to commit to active love, in all the mundane moments as well as the grand... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Jun 15, 2022 | Relationships, Uncategorized
There is an inescapable tension that faces all of us with respect to relationships. On the one hand, we know from our experiences, wisdom literature, and scientific observation, that those relationships are part of human thriving. We know that connections with friends...
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