Does Your Relationship Need a Pick-Me-Upper?

By Denise Humphrey, Ph.D., www.DeniseHumphrey.com

Many couples complain about the lack of affection and intimacy in their relationship. All too often couples allow the everyday chaos and stress of life to interfere with “couple time.” With work, carpool, grocery shopping, home maintenance, cleaning and all the other mundane and necessary items on the weekly to-do list, it can be very easy to let the time with your spouse or significant other get cut from the schedule. The reality is that quality couple’s time is the last item that should be cut.

Relationships are hard and marriage is even harder. Couples need consistent quality time together in order to develop and maintain the strong bond that will see them through life’s more challenging times.

Easy Relationship Pick-Me-Uppers

• Set a weekly date night. Planned, scheduled dates every week are an essential component to maintaining and strengthening the bond between two people. Make a commitment to each that barring unforeseen emergencies, date night is set in stone and is not up for canceling. Demonstrate to one another that your commitment to one is paramount to any other obligation.
• Set a weekly sex date. Make a point to have sex at least once a week. Decide each week when and where you want to be intimate, and allow the anticipation of the event to fun and exciting. Send each other messages throughout the day or week communicating your anticipation.
• Send special notes to one another. Cards, notes, emails, text messages, sweet notes on the mirror and any other written expression of love are wonderful ways to stay connected. Written expressions of love give your spouse a precious token to cherish long after the notes are given.
  

Denise Humphrey, Ph.D
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CREDENTIALS
•    Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology:  Fielding Graduate University
•    Master of Music in Piano Performance:  University of Notre Dame
•    Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance:  Southern Methodist University
•    License No. and State: 32345 Texas
•    Board of Trustees, Dallas Foundation for Psychoanalysis
•    Chair, Arts Committee for the Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
•    Member, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology