Do your relationship patterns always feel familiar but painful? Psychological research may explain why your body keeps choosing it.

Relationship patterns keep us safe. And in order to break them gently, we need more discernment and less self-criticism.

One of the most common problems I see in my practice is that people's romantic relationships so often fail because they are stuck repeating toxic relationship patterns. In other words, they seek out ...

The “repetition compulsion” is a basic concept in psychotherapy. The compulsion to repeat is particularly interesting because what is repeated is not pleasurable. On the contrary, it is usually a ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The repetition that can dominate everyday life sometimes shifts to frustrating boredom. But pick up a camera, and repetition offers a chance to capture intriguing images. Our ...