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Why marriages fail even with the best of intensions

Why marriages fail even with the best of intensions

by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Apr 13, 2020 | DBT, Relationships, Trauma

When I was 20 years old, I had a friend who was a few years younger than me and was married. She was beautiful, kind, and easy to talk with. She opened up to me and began sharing stories with me about her relationship. Sometimes, the stories were about how her husband...
How to Fix Your Broken Marriage

How to Fix Your Broken Marriage

by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Sep 28, 2019 | DBT, Relationships, Trauma

Mariam came to me in desperation. She was utterly broken, alone and miserable. She had been married to her husband for seven years and it felt like their marriage was over. They were constantly fighting over the smallest things, they had lost their intimacy and...
Your In-Laws Are Coming And No You Haven’t Learnt Their Language

Your In-Laws Are Coming And No You Haven’t Learnt Their Language

by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Sep 21, 2019 | DBT, Parenting, Relationships

Practicing Radical Acceptance With In-Laws From Another Culture  My husband is Iraqi and his family only speaks Arabic. I am a mish-mash of cultures and I definitely don’t speak Arabic. Every time I visit his side of the our family, I get asked the question ‘why...
Planning a Wedding with Multiple Cultures

Planning a Wedding with Multiple Cultures

by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Sep 14, 2019 | DBT, Relationships

When I was getting married, my to-be-husband wasn’t supposed to see me for a week before our marriage. When I shared this with him, he looked at me with a puzzled look and said that’s not going to happen.  The world is getting smaller and marriages within different...
From ‘I hate you’ to ‘I’m beginning to fall in love again’

From ‘I hate you’ to ‘I’m beginning to fall in love again’

by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Aug 20, 2019 | DBT, Parenting, Relationships, Uncategorized

Please note all details of any client have been removed to maintain confidentiality. Sarah and Jacob had been married for 7 years. When they came to see me they were sitting on opposite ends of the sofa and within moments they would get locked into battles. I could...
How DBT Saved My Marriage

How DBT Saved My Marriage

by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Aug 6, 2019 | DBT, Relationships, Uncategorized

Last week I talked about my honeymoon. This week I want to share with you my first year of marriage. That was almost 9 years ago. In October 2010 we got married. I remember the first year I screamed at my husband, a blood curling scream that it felt like someone else...
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