Controlling behavior occurs when a person attempts to force another person to conform to their own needs or desires through some form of manipulation. The outsized desire for control is unhealthy and ...

I’ve sat across from countless clients in my therapy office, hearing the same heartbreaking whisper: “I never saw it coming.” ...

Recognizing controlling behavior in relationships can be challenging, especially when it develops gradually over time. Many controlling behaviors might initially appear as expressions of love or ...

Do you find that your relationship partner (partner, spouse, lover… or even your roommate, mom, dad, or sibling) is overly controlling? At the lower end of the spectrum, they might express their ...

"In the beginning," said Emmy Marie, "there was a tremendous amount of love bombing. He made me feel like he understood me better than anyone, like he loved everything about me on a deep, deep level, ...

A relationship can become toxic when one person starts to have more control than the other, and there is a breakdown in communication. Someone may start to feel pressure from their partner or partners ...

We tend to associate the word “abuse” with more extreme behaviors and actions. However, abuse occurs on a continuum and can take on different forms and morph and/or escalate over the course of the ...

TikTok user Myla (@mylaschulz120) posted a slideshow with her dating advice on Thursday, and it has since amassed 1.1 million views. In other videos posted to her page, Myla discusses her social life ...

With new social media platforms come new dating trends - and one term that has been coined in recent years has clearly taken hold with Gen Z. 'Microcheating' is a series of small gestures - such as ...

This column originally ran in 2021. Dear Annie: I am a woman in my mid-30s, and my wife is in her early 40s. We met a little less than two years ago and haven’t left each other’s side since. We got ...

Linda Dubrow-Marshall PhD is a counselling and clinical psychologist (HCPC registered) and co-founded the Re-Entry Therapy, Information and Referral Network (RETIRN/UK) which offers advice and ...

Netizens are slamming Kanye West for controlling wife Bianca Censori's different aspects of life. However, she reportedly doesn't have an issue with it. Relationship expert sheds light on why some ...