by Marina Edelman, LMFT | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
When Family Financial Dynamics Become Toxic: A Therapist’s Perspective As a Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in financial therapy, I’ve witnessed how money can become the battleground where family dysfunction plays out most visibly. Recently, I...
by Marina Edelman, LMFT | Nov 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
As a Gottman-trained therapist, I often work with couples navigating the complex intersection of love languages, life stage differences, and financial expectations. One of the most challenging conversations partners face is aligning their values around money, gifts,...
by Marina Edelman, LMFT | Sep 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Planning your wedding is a season filled with anticipation, joy, and celebration. But let’s be honest, it’s also a season filled with stress. Guest lists, seating charts, vendor contracts, and budget spreadsheets can take center stage so quickly that you might start...
by Marina Edelman, LMFT | Sep 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Autumn is one of those rare seasons that invites us to slow down, reflect, and reconnect. The air is crisp, the days grow shorter, and life naturally feels a little cozier. For couples, this shift is a reminder that relationships are seasonal too. They go through...
by Marina Edelman, LMFT | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
We often say we want a partner who is passionate, driven, and motivated, but those qualities can sometimes make it hard to stay emotionally connected when they translate into long hours, demanding schedules, and exhaustion. Or sometimes, simply existing as two people...
by Marina Edelman, LMFT | Apr 1, 2025 | couples counseling, marriage, mediation, Uncategorized
When Love Moves Out but the Lease Remains Discover strategies to manage the complexities of navigating relationship transitions due to financial ties like leases, and learn how to regain your independence and happiness through clean and solution oriented communication...
