by Carl Mothes | Jul 10, 2025 | Mens Therapy BLOG
Part II – What about the individual? The main point here is that in a romantic/life partnership, individual expectations must be based on—or coincide with—relationship expectations. When expectation conflicts arise, typically the individual expectation...
by Carl Mothes | May 16, 2025 | Mens Therapy BLOG, Uncategorized
Expectations in a relationship (romantic, life partner, etc.), specifically misunderstood, misaligned, mis- or non-communicated expectations, are by far the largest contributor to relationship problems. I have no idea if this is empirically correct, but dammit if it...
by Carl Mothes | Mar 20, 2025 | Mens Therapy BLOG, Uncategorized
We often tout efficiency as the pinnacle guiding principle on the way toward continued human achievement—almost like it’s the only metric that matters. Yes, it can be important, but what about pleasure? It’s, of course, not a binary situation—efficiency or...
by Carl Mothes | Feb 13, 2025 | Mens Therapy BLOG
I often find myself longing for a period between the 1880s and 1950s. Not that I have any actual basis for my romanticizing of this time, but more the ideology of a pre-digital age. A quick Google search confirms that the digital age began in the ’70s. So we can...
by Carl Mothes | Dec 13, 2024 | Mens Therapy BLOG
Recently my clinical work has revealed some relationship behavioral patterns that prompted the title of this blog. It relates to (potential) romantic relationships. I’m old school and so I’m going to refer to men and women and the dynamics between them. I have...
