Here’s What Therapy’s Like — From BOTH Ends of the Couch.

Therapy…  Everyone knows you should do it at some point in your life, but how do you know if you’ve got the right therapist, or if you’re in the right kind of therapy?  In this very candid conversation, I give you answers to all your questions, like:  How many sessions will it take to know…

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Drama-Free Dating Do’s and Don’ts

There are few things in life that flood us with overwhelm the way online dating can: the endless swiping, the rinse-and-repeat conversations which often feel more like an interview (or interrogation) than discussions moving us closer to our next great love — it is all exhausting.  Dating, in general, has always induced equal amounts of…

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Can You Have A Breakup Without Having A Breakdown?

Why are some of us gutted by breakups and barely able to function while others seem hardly impacted?  In my first episode of We Need To Talk With Dr. Darcy, I explain why we’re neurologically predisposed to feel immense pain when we lose a loved one. And how our unique attachment style, coupled with the…

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I’ve Got A New Gig!!!

If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know that my life’s mission is to teach relationship skills to anyone and everyone who’s willing to listen… This blog, which has been around since 2010, has been an important medium for my work.  Before the blog, I spent years writing an advice column…

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Just Apologize For F^cks Sake

Hi Darcy. My girlfriend of almost a year has never apologized to me for anything she’s done wrong. It doesn’t matter if she breaks something or makes a mistake or shows up late: Nothing is ever her fault.  How can I teach her that apologizing actually brings me closer to her and makes her more…

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