Romantic relationships are hard enough, and to make matters worse divorce rates show sustaining a satisfying romantic relationship can be even more challenging if you and or your partner is African American. Whether you just heard, "I love you, but I'm not in love with you," are trying to rebuild trust after a marital affair, need to replace distance with closeness, need to forgive (or be forgiven), or are trying to avoid separation or stop a divorce -- Dr. Shane employs Gottman Institute's research based methods to help couples develop the skills needed to hear (and be heard), resolve conflicts in a "win/win' vs a "win/lose" fashion, and speak each other's "love language" so that you can try and make peace with the past and get past the hurt. He is also regularly invited to speak about marriage at church retreats, blogs for Psychology Today, has spoken at the Congressional Black Caucus; and has appeared in Ebony and Essence magazine, the Washington Post and Times, BET, and TVOne. We help couples with pre-marital therapy, confronting separation or divorce, trying to blend their families, after an extramarital affair
or to recover from financial infidelity, emotionally incompatible personalities, and more.
