3 Ways To Put The Spark Back In Your Marriage

By Jean Fitzpatrick. Posted on Apr 3rd 2012.

No need to panic when your marriage gets annoying or ho-hum.

Tackling chores every evening after work while your spouse does his fantasy sports league? Getting defensive reactions or dead silence when you try to talk about problems? Chances are the two of you need to develop more constructive ways of managing conflict.

Working as a team to reinvigorate your marriage can work wonders. The big surprise? Over time you'll discover you've fallen in love with your partner all over again.

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Jean Fitzpatrick is a New York psychotherapist and marriage counselor. Jean's practice includes individual and couples, and she specializes in affair recovery, pre-marriage, prebaby and postpartum counseling. Jean is a member of the elite Marriage Friendly Therapists network and the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Jean has been interviewed in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Women's Health, on CNN and in USA Today, the NY Daily News, and other media outlets where the subject is marriage and family life. Jean's articles on family life and emotional and spiritual growth have appeared in many national magazines over the past twenty-five years, including Parents,Working Mother, The New York Times Magazine, and Family Circle, and she has written 6 books on family life.

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Location: New York, NY

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Specialties: Couples/Marital Issues, Infidelity / Affair Recovery, Marriage

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