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 | 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 | Nov 13, 2021 | Relationships
“When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of... 
by Scott Spradlin, LPC, LMAC | Nov 8, 2021 | Marriage
Turning Toward and Togetherness Thanks to the work of Doctors John and Julie Gottman, we have decades of consistent evidence that shows togetherness and turning toward patterns are key to mutual appreciation, love, and respect. And even where there are patterns of...
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