Recognizing a toxic relationship is crucial for your mental, emotional, and sometimes physical well-being.

Intensive couples therapy can be a highly effective option for couples seeking to improve their relationship.

Criticism can pose several risks to relationship satisfaction and success and is a predictor of divorce.

Rebuilding trust is definitely possible with intentional effort, patience, and effective communication.

Stonewalling is one of the Gottman's Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which are communication patterns that predict relationship failure.

Defensiveness in a relationship can be detrimental to its health and can hinder effective communication and problem-solving.