Michelle Scharlop, LMFT, Relationship Expert

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Michelle Scharlop, LMFT, Relationship Expert

Michelle Scharlop, LMFT specializes in marriage counseling, couples therapy, relationship therapy. I am an experienced Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

I work collaboratively with my clients to utilize their strengths to cope with their current situations and meet their needs. I will help facilitate change by listening to everyone in the therapy room and gaining an understanding of all perspectives. We will have meaningful conversations that restore broken connections and rebuilds communication. My innovative approach is positive and encouraging, compassionate and respectful, warm with a gentle sense of humor. In this safe, confidential, nonjudgmental environment we can uncover and reshape unhealthy patterns. Together we can embark on an empowering journey to find a happier you.

11/12/2025

In marriage, disagreements will happen. How do you and your spouse handle it? Do you repair and have a where you listen to each other’s so you can each feel heard and seen? OR, does it get swept under the rug, until it resurfaces in another argument? If you can talk about the conflict, wonderful! If you can’t and you go round and round until you stop talking. Then after a period of time, hours, days, weeks, decide to just talk and sweep it under the rug, then call me, I can help.

11/11/2025

Florida Cold Weather Marriage Tip

When the gets colder in , it’s the perfect time to get closer. Cuddle your spouse, hold each other tight, and let warmth come from connection, not just from blankets. Physical touch releases oxytocin, the “love hormone” and that strengthens emotional bonds and reduces stress. So tonight, snuggle your and enjoy that time together.

11/07/2025

Let’s talk about something that is vital in marriage. Do you and your spouse show up as a team? Do you have the mindset of together or the mindset that if one of you wins, the other loses? How can the have a win? Click on the link in the comments for tips on in .

11/06/2025

How to Create in
1-Define the roles and responsibilities that are needed.
2-Divide the tasks based on each person’s strengths.
3-Decide if you are both open to helping your spouse out if they need help.
4-Learn to because can cause problems.
For more tips and an activity to try, click on the link in the comments.

11/03/2025

Can you believe there are only two months left in 2025? How do you want to end the year, with the same frustrations, disconnection, and communication struggles in your relationship or with a stronger, more loving marriage? Now is the perfect time to refocus on your marriage goals of better communication, deeper connection, more romance, fulfilling intimacy, and appreciation. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Florida, I help couples strengthen their relationships and rediscover what brought them together in the first place. Don’t wait for the new year to start fresh, begin today. Contact me and let’s get started on creating the marriage you both deserve so you can walk into 2026 with positive feelings towards your spouse, your marriage and your life!

10/31/2025

Marriage humor that many married couples will find relatable! Have a happy and safe Halloween!
(Cartoon created by Dave Coverly)

10/30/2025

What are your priorities? Where is your spouse and your marriage on that list? Are they at the top of the list or the bottom, after everyone and everything else gets taken care of? Do they get the biggest piece of cake with the frosting or do they get the crumbs? What happens to the deep feeling of connection if your honest answer is, “my spouse gets the crumbs”?
For some practical marriage advice from a relationship expert in Florida and twelve suggestions to ensure that your spouse is a Priority, read the blog Priorities in Marriage.

10/29/2025

Do you think that conflict in marriage can be healthy for your ?
I say yes conflict in marriage can be healthy. The first reason is that it improves . To find out how communication improves in your marriage and read about the other four positive outcomes that can happen when there is conflict, read the blog, Is Conflict in Marriage Healthy?

10/28/2025

Do you and your spouse talk about your day? Is there genuine interest when you share? Do you ask about your spouse’s day with the same curiosity and care? When couples take time to share not just what happened in their day, but also their thoughts and feelings about it, they create deeper understanding and emotional closeness. It’s in these small, daily conversations that connection grows.

Hi, I’m Michelle Scharlop, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist & Your Relationship Expert. I Transform Relationships, one relationship at a time. If you live in Florida and are experiencing relationship struggles, call me, I can help

10/27/2025

“Sometimes the challenge isn’t about finding the time for your marriage but giving yourself permission to take it. It’s about remembering that your relationship is worthy of that time. If you want a happy, healthy marriage, it needs to be nurtured.” ~ Michelle Scharlop, LMFT & Your Relationship Expert.

10/24/2025

Life is busy! Life sometimes gets in the way of nurturing your marriage. When that happens couples can feel disconnected, lonely, unappreciated and yearning for what they had in the beginning of the relationship. What can you do?
Fall in love with your spouse again. How?
You can start by reading some of my blogs for communication tips and ways to reconnect. The link is in the comments. If you are in Florida and need more, call me, I can redirect your marriage so it goes in the direction that is one of connection, respect, appreciation and love.
Hi, I’m Michelle Scharlop, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist & Your Relationship Expert.
I Transform Relationships, one relationship at a time.
If you live in Florida and you are
experiencing relationship struggles, call me, I can help.
With online relationship counseling, I transform relationships for married & dating couples and individuals living anywhere in Florida, including the Florida Keys, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Naples, Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville and Tallahassee and every else in our state.

10/22/2025

Connection in marriage is very important. Distance can create an awkwardness that is hard to navigate. Whenever I hear the Pina Colada song on the radio it reminds me that distance is something that has been happening in relationships for years.

Why? Couples get content with the status quo yet it doesn’t bring the joy that is desired. Couples take their partners for granted and that leads to dissatisfaction. In relationships, one or both can cause some sadness and without a proper repair the hurt feelings tend to linger.

In the Pina Colada Song, entitled Escape, written by Rupert Holmes, the song says, “I was tired of my lady. We’d been together so long. Like a worn-out recording. Of a favorite song.” And then the song’s chorus is his discovery of a personal ad describing his desires of liking pina coladas, getting caught in the rain, making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape. The special part of the song is when he sees that the person who wrote the ad is his lady and they both desire more and they can fulfill their desires together. That is the take away.

So, I’m not suggesting a personal ad, I am suggesting conversation.
Conversation with your spouse. Conversation that answers questions that can connect the two of you. The hope is that you can grow together by staying curious and learning about each other. Don’t take your spouse for granted, don’t just sit in “content”.
For tips on how to prevent the disconnection, click on the link in the comments.

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8551 W Sunrise Boulevard, Ste 206
Plantation, FL
33322

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+19542459608

Website

http://plantationrelationshipcounseling.com/

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