Northern Illinois Men's Counseling

I was recently reminded of a line from a poem by Roy Croft that goes:  “I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.”

To me this says that although I am sufficient on my own, with my partner I am more – and we are more – than either of us...

Someone once called me a “relationship mechanic.” Actually, the metaphor works well to describe the work I do with couples. The parallels between what a mechanic does and what I do are surprising, as well as those between relationships and automobiles.

Relationships oft...