by Teri Claassen | Jul 18, 2019 | Marriage
Having healthy boundaries is vital to any relationship, especially in a marriage. Boundaries teach others how to treat us and how to be with us. Having healthy boundaries in your marriage will give you both information about the emotional needs you have and...
by Teri Claassen | Jun 26, 2019 | Marriage
Has marriage been easy for you and a piece of cake with no effort? If so you must have a fairytale happily ever after marriage. Ok now you can stop laughing at the ridiculousness of those statements. Most people know that marriage is not easy, and it takes a lot of...
by Teri Claassen | May 29, 2019 | Marriage
Marriage is hard. It can be even harder when intense marriage stressors result in marital problems. Many times a couple has underlying issues that haven’t been worked through, but as stressors arise everything comes to the surface. Even though I am a therapist,...
by Teri Claassen | May 15, 2019 | Marriage
Respecting your spouse might be hard for some people to do in marriage. As a therapist, I’ve heard these phrases many times: “Why should I respect her if she doesn’t deserve it or hasn’t earned it?” or “He doesn’t respect me, so why should I respect him?” While...
by Teri Claassen | Sep 12, 2018 | Marriage
Are you intentionally building a happy marriage or do your actions tear it down? I love watching the process of a building going from nothing but dirt to a beautiful structure. Each time I drive by I’m in awe at all it must take to complete the project. It takes...
by Teri Claassen | Jun 27, 2018 | Marriage
As my wedding anniversary is right around the corner, I thought it’d be good to write about marriage this week. Specifically lessons I’ve learned from my own… Seventeen years as a married couple is a great reason to celebrate! I know it sounds a...
