The Relatio blog

The Relatio Relationship Editorial Team creates evidence-based content to help people build stronger, healthier relationships. We cover communication, conflict resolution, emotional intimacy, attachment styles, trust, dating, and long-term relationship growth.

Every article is researched using credible psychological and relationship science sources, then reviewed to ensure it is accurate, practical, and easy to understand. Our goal is to turn complex relationship research into actionable advice that people can apply in everyday life.

The Relatio Intimacy Editorial Team focuses on intimacy, desire, and sexual wellbeing in relationships. We write about emotional and physical intimacy, desire discrepancies, communication around sex, intimacy habits, and evidence-based strategies for building closer connections.

Our content is informed by current research in psychology, sexual health, and relationship science, with a strong emphasis on practical guidance, respectful language, and long-term wellbeing.

Monica Lynne is an AASECT-certified sex, intimacy, and relationship therapist with a client-centered, integrative approach. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Polyvagal Theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Family of Origin work, and Feminist Psychology within a psychodynamic framework, bringing honesty, openness, and a touch of humor to her work with clients.

Monica is passionate about continually growing as a therapist and expanding her capacity to serve a diverse range of clients. She approaches each session as a collaborative process, combining clinical expertise with lived experience, compassion, cultural awareness, and a commitment to non-judgment.

She works especially well with individuals and couples who bring openness, curiosity, and a genuine desire for growth, and is particularly effective in helping clients navigate infidelity, relationship ruptures, sexual trauma, and emotional stuck points around sexuality and intimacy.

https://www.balancinglifeonline.com/

Dr. Waldron earned her Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology from Antioch New England University. She is a licensed psychologist in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; an AASECT Certified Sex Therapy Supervisor; a certified couples counselor; and certified in perinatal mental health. She has completed Gottman Method Level 2 training, including advanced training in treating affairs and betrayal trauma. She also provides professional education for the New Hampshire Drug and Alcohol Counselors Association and clinical supervision for therapists pursuing AASECT certification through the Modern Sex Therapy Institute.

Dr. Waldron is the founder of Sexual Health and Healing, a specialty psychotherapy practice, and Whole Life Intimacy, an organization providing evidence-based educational events focused on sexual health and relationships. Through these complementary organizations, she is committed to increasing access to high-quality sexual health education and specialized psychological care.

For more than a decade, Dr. Waldron has helped individuals and couples overcome concerns related to desire, arousal, orgasm, pain during sex, erectile dysfunction, compulsive sexual behaviors, and relationship betrayal. She has particular expertise in addressing the impact of major life transitions, including pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause, on intimacy and sexual health.

Whether working with therapy clients, supervising clinicians, or speaking to community groups, Dr. Waldron is known for translating complex research into practical, compassionate guidance. Her goal is to help people build healthier relationships, improve sexual well-being, and navigate life's transitions with greater confidence and connection.

Charisse Cooke is a relationship psychotherapist with over two decades of full-time clinical experience. Her work is grounded in attachment science, psychology, and behavioral change, with a particular focus on helping people recognize and break the repeating patterns that shape their relationships. Charisse believes that most distress stems from self-defeating dynamics we've never had the space to examine and that with the right awareness, meaningful relational change is possible at any stage of life. Much of her individual work centers on midlife relationships: clients navigating long-term partnerships, divorce, dating patterns, or the question of whether to begin again.

Alongside clinical practice, Charisse is a published author with Penguin Random House, a keynote speaker, an online educator, and a workshop facilitator. She is an accredited member of the National Counseling and Psychotherapy Society (MNCPS) and has worked across private and clinical settings since 2003.

https://charissecooke.com/