Learn Your Partner's Love Language for Better Connection

October 18, 2022 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you get things for your partner and wonder why they don’t respond more positively to your gifts? Do you find yourself not responding as positively as you or your partner would like to the favors they do for you or the gifts they get you? It may have a lot to do with not being aware of your partner’s love language, or vice versa, and finding out about it could make a big difference in your relationship.

What Do People Get Wrong About Compatibility?

September 19, 2022 Scott Kampschaefer

Have you ever heard someone say the reason they broke up with their relationship partner was because they ‘weren’t compatible?’ Have you ever wondered about this issue being at the heart of your relationship woes? If you have, then I urge you to read on because it will hopefully answer some of your questions.

Do's and Don'ts If Your Partner Has BPD

June 15, 2022 Scott Kampschaefer

Do you feel like you are always trying to figure out what set off your partner in some interaction you had with them and that you are always walking on eggshells with them? Do you yourself feel depressed because of the endless cycle of emotional volatility you keep getting caught up in with them? Please read on to find out what you need to do and avoid doing to cope if you answered yes to both of these questions.

4 Reasons Why Love Bombing is a Bust

December 21, 2021 Scott Kampschaefer

Are you someone who has ever been love-bombed only to later be left in the lurch by someone you thought loved you? Are you someone who’s ever love-bombed someone else and later realized you didn’t really mean what you said and did? In either case you could be a victim of love-bombing and the likely underlying mental health diagnoses that goes with it.

Betrayal Trauma and How It Affects Mental Health

November 1, 2021 Scott Kampschaefer

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About the author: Scott Kampschaefer, LCSW is a private practice therapist in Frederick, Maryland. He has an extensive background in working with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder at a clinic for older adults with these disorders in Austin. He now works with adults and adolescents 14 and up in private practice. His most recent book is titled The 5 Pillars of Addiction Recovery and is available for purchase on Amazon and in paperback on this website.

What's Sex Got to do With It?

June 6, 2019 Scott Kampschaefer

Remember this Tina Turner song? Too many people with relationship problems are too prone to blaming these on sex, but problems with sex are usually just a symptom of general relationship problems that are usually very treatable.

How Couples Struggle With the Issue of Porn Use

March 25, 2019 Scott Kampschaefer

Do you and your partner not see eye to eye with the issue of porn use? Does your spouse give you a hard time about looking at porn, or even threaten to kick you out of the house because of looking at it? Maybe you’re a spouse who’s about to file for divorce over this issue. In either case, you can benefit from reading more.

Can You're Marriage Survive an Affair?

October 28, 2017 Scott Kampschaefer

Are you someone who has experienced an affair in your marriage? Do you wonder how long it will take to trudge the long road back from this or a similar breach in trust...if it’s even possible? If you are one of the partners involved in such an experience know that it is possible to come back from this.