Susan Adams Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com Professional marriage counseling by a licensed therapist for marriage therapy for a successful marriage in Atlanta GA. Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:35:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cropped-susanadams-2-large-32x32.jpg Susan Adams Licensed Marriage And Family Therapist https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com 32 32 Finding Harmony in the Heart of Georgia: Your Guide to Family and Marriage Psychotherapy in Atlanta https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/finding-harmony-in-the-heart-of-georgia-your-guide-to-family-and-marriage-psychotherapy-in-atlanta/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-harmony-in-the-heart-of-georgia-your-guide-to-family-and-marriage-psychotherapy-in-atlanta Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:35:14 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=4389 Relationships are the bedrock of our lives, offering joy, support, and profound connection. Yet, even the strongest bonds can face challenges. When communication falters, conflicts escalate, or emotional distance grows, seeking professional guidance can be a transformative step. If you’re in Atlanta, Georgia, and looking to strengthen your most important relationships, a dedicated family marriage […]

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]]> What Happens in a Marriage When Partners Make Unilateral Decisions Which Affect The Spouse? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/when-partners-make-unilateral-decisions-which-affect-the-spouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-partners-make-unilateral-decisions-which-affect-the-spouse Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:55:05 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=4107 When Partners Make Unilateral Decisions Which Affect The Spouse. Marriage, in order to be successful, means that partners must tell the truth, talk about what bothers them, fight to find out how they bothered their partner.

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]]> How Do You Know When It’s Time to Get Marriage Counseling and Who Do You Pick? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/when-its-time-to-get-marriage-counseling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-its-time-to-get-marriage-counseling Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:24:01 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=4001 You are fighting all the time and you don’t stop. Your partner is lying and you know it but the lying continues. You are living with alcohol and/or drug abuse or violence. You make requests that go unnoticed despite pleas for negotiation. The children are doing as they please because you two can’t  agree. Yes, […]

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]]> If My Partner Cheats On Me Does That Mean I Failed In The Marriage? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/if-my-partner-cheats-on-me-does-that-mean-i-failed-in-the-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-my-partner-cheats-on-me-does-that-mean-i-failed-in-the-marriage Mon, 15 Nov 2021 12:15:18 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3997 To begin with, love and cheating have nothing to do with each other. Foolish men who don’t feel good enough and angry women do it. Dr. Frank Pittman, in his book, Private Lies says, “infidelity is between a man and his father, not between a man and his wife.” Men who don’t feel good enough […]

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]]> Can You Ever Trust A Cheater Again? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/can-you-ever-trust-a-cheater-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-you-ever-trust-a-cheater-again Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:57:33 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3989 It depends my clients ask me this all the time. There are different kinds of affairs. Some people are philanderers. Male philanderers have a better prognosis than female philanderers. Men cheat when they don’t feel good enough.The infidelity is really between a man and his father. I have had several huge successes with guys like […]

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]]> Can a Marriage Go Back To Normal After Cheating? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/can-a-marriage-go-back-to-normal-after-cheating/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-a-marriage-go-back-to-normal-after-cheating Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:36 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3993 My experience is that even though infidelity is Not the fault of the partner, once the infidelity is discovered and the secrets exposed, couples progress to dealing with making the marriage far better than it was. In dealing with infidelity, everyone must change. However, the dynamics are different for men and women. Men cheat when […]

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]]> Do You Really Love Someone If You Cheat On Them? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/really-love-you-cheat-on-them/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=really-love-you-cheat-on-them Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:42:21 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3984 Love and infidelity have nothing to do with each other. Men cheat when they don’t feel good enough. Women cheat when they are angry. Infidelity has NOTHING to do with the partner. It is the independent decision of the person who cheats. This issue is the most difficult one that partners are faced with understanding. […]

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]]> What Are The Odds Of A Marriage Surviving Infidelity? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/marriage-surviving-infidelity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marriage-surviving-infidelity Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:23:36 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3976 My practice is probably 60% about people recovering from infidelity. No one is getting divorced. Prospective clients ask me this question all the time. I answer, “it depends.” Infidelity requires special understanding of the dynamics of how it gets created and how it heals. The therapist needs to believe in marriage. I do. I have […]

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]]> Can I Be Happy if I just do what I Feel Like Doing? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/can-i-be-happy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-i-be-happy Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:33:50 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3980 I see people all the time who tell me they aren’t happy. This is even more prevalent since all the confinement due to the virus. People are unhappy with their marriages. They are married to partners who are themselves self- absorbed or restless or overly involved with the children. When partners say that they just […]

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]]> How To Fix Intimacy Problems in a Marriage https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/how-to-fix-intimacy-problems-in-a-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-fix-intimacy-problems-in-a-marriage Sat, 15 May 2021 12:44:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3853 To answer a question like this that is frequently posed to me we first must understand the reason(s) for lack of intimacy. Esther Perel describes intimacy as “in to me see.” It is the ability and willingness to show vulnerability and receive it. Some people just don’t know how to do this. They didn’t grow […]

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]]> How Do I Connect With An Emotionally Absent Spouse? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/how-do-i-connect-with-an-emotionally-absent-spouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-do-i-connect-with-an-emotionally-absent-spouse Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:34:31 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3849 This was the question that my latest new client posed. Elizabeth explained that she had had enough. The straw that broke the camel’s back ( not really such a straw) occurred when her mom became ill. Married for thirty years, Elizabeth cleared with Charles the necessity of her trip to care for mom. He agreed. […]

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]]> Understanding Sexuality From An Adolescent View https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/understanding-sexuality-from-an-adolescent-view/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-sexuality-from-an-adolescent-view Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=204 The objective of this article is to help parents find ways to talk to their children about sex in an effort to promote healthy and responsible attitudes toward sexuality. By: Susan Adams, M. Ed. Summary: Understandably, sex is a difficult subject for anyone to discuss and many parents just don't know how to do it. […]

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]]> How Harmful is Chemical Use in Young People–Really? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/how-harmful-is-chemical-use-in-young-people-really/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-harmful-is-chemical-use-in-young-people-really Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=190 The objective of this article is to present a discussion of the realities of chemical usage in young people and to suggest some ideas that may migrate it. By: Susan Adams, M. Ed. Do You Think Chemical Use in Young People Harms Them? Summary: There is evidence that among school children experimentation with drugs and […]

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]]> What Keeps My Spouse From Communicating With Me? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/what-keeps-my-spouse-from-communicating-with-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-keeps-my-spouse-from-communicating-with-me Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:19:20 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3845 There are many forms of communication. In fact, it is impossible not to communicate. We communicate all day every day. We do it with words and we do it behaviorally. The healthiest communication occurs when our words and our behavior are in sync. However, what are we saying when we say that a spouse does […]

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]]> When Children Are Molested https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/when-children-are-molested/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-children-are-molested Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=191 To acquaint readers with the dynamics of child molestation and to provide some guidelines for handling it. By: Susan Adams, M. Ed. Summary: Many more children than it is commonly thought are molested each year in the United States, and elsewhere. The molesting may occur between a child and an aging family member, between the […]

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]]> How To Overcome Intimacy Issues in a Marriage https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/how-to-overcome-intimacy-issues-in-a-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-overcome-intimacy-issues-in-a-marriage Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:15:42 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3831   Many people-more women than men, believe that to have sexual intimacy there must be emotional intimacy. This is not always the case. Some people actually use sexual intimacy to improve the marriage. Ester Perel defines “intimacy” as “into me see.” So if we start with this idea, how do we get there? The war […]

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]]> What Is Emotional Neglect in a Marriage? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/what-is-emotional-neglect-in-a-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-emotional-neglect-in-a-marriage Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:15:03 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3827 Emotional neglect in a marriage can be seen as anything the affected partner says that it is. It works in the same fashion as, to quote Dr Frank Pittman in his first book, Private Lies, (infidelity is anything the affected partner says that it is). In fact, in a marriage, problems exist only if one […]

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]]> Sexuality in Stepfamilies https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/sexuality-in-stepfamilies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sexuality-in-stepfamilies Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=183 Sexuality in stepfamilies is different than in biological families because people of different sexes who are not related are living together. It is also different because the family begins with children when the sexual climate is higher. By the time children are born into biological families, the sexual climate has cooled down, generally, because partners […]

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]]> Can Political Differences Ruin a Marriage? https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/can-political-differences-ruin-a-marriage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-political-differences-ruin-a-marriage Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:24:24 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=3798 We are living in a new age in this country. People used to discuss their political differences openly. Now, these differences have become highly emotional. Friends and family members have become divided and relationships have broken over differences. How does this happen? In the last month I have received calls from three clients over broken […]

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]]> Tips For Grandparents In Step Children https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/tips-for-grand-parents-in-step-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tips-for-grand-parents-in-step-children Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:55:39 +0000 https://www.susanadamspsychotherapist.com/?p=187 It is often the case that grandparents are afraid for their children to remarry. They want their happiness but fear the loss of their grandchildren through remarriage. By: Susan Adams, M. Ed. Grandparents In Stepfamilies As the stepparent, there are some things that you can do that will calm things down. Arrange times that grandparents […]

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