Do you desire a relationship but never seem to meet the right person? Are you finding that even when you do connect with someone, the relationship does not last long? It turns out to be another disappointment, another feeling of rejection, or end of a fantasy.

If you can relate to these feelings, know that you are not alone. As a practicing Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist, I have learned incredible insights into the causes and the solutions to our many relationship dramas.

It was fascinating to hear from every client, male and female, young and old, the same frustration and despair. Every client longed for that wonderful, loving relationship. Everyone felt powerless, and pessimistic about ever having their dream fulfilled.

One client, Gail, a very pretty thirty-two-year-old woman said to me,