Richard Nicastro

PhD

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Marriage and Relationship Expert

Richard Nicastro Quick Facts

Main Areas: Marriage and Relationship
Career Focus: Psychologist, Writer, Speaker/Presenter, Workshop Leader
Affiliation: International Coaching Federation, American Psychological Association

Rich Nicastro, Ph.D. is a psychologist and writer with twenty years experience working with couples. He specializes in helping couples communicate more effectively and deepen emotional and physical intimacy.

During his career he has worked with hundreds of couples across a wide range of marital and relationship issues.

Dr. Nicastro has lectured at several universities, supervised doctoral students and therapists, and in addition to marriage/couples counseling, he conducts workshops on a wide range of marital and relationship issues. His relationship advice has appeared on television, radio and in national magazines.

He is passionate about helping couples create deep emotional connections and believes that healthy relationships give meaning and fulfillment to our lives. His goal is to guide individuals and couples as they implement the skills that will allow their marriage/relationships to flourish.

Free Articles & Book Excerpts

Rejuvenate Your Relationship through the Power of Gratitude

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Rejuvenate_your_relationship_through_the_power_of_gratitude.html

Relationship Reality-Check: Are you too dependent on your partner?

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Relationship_Reality-Check_Are_You_Too_Dependent_On_Your_Partner.html

Commitment: The Essential Ingredient in Your Relationship

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Commitment_The_Essential_Ingredient_In_Your_Relationship.html

Don't Let These Common Intimacy-Blockers Ruin Your Relationship

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Don_t_Let_These_Common_Intimacy-Blockers_Ruin_Your_Relationship.html

Passion And Marriage: 4 Mindsets That Can Destroy Passion

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Passion_And_Marriage_4_Mindsets_That_Can_Destroy_Passion.html

Are You In A Passionless Marriage? The 10 Warning Signs You Haven't Heard About

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Are_You_In_A_Passionless_Marriage_The_10_Warning_Signs_You_Haven_t_Heard_About.html

Why Men Cheat: Discover The Reasons And Affair-proof Your Relationship

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Why_Men_Cheat_Discover_The_Reasons_And_Affair-proof_Your_Relationship.html

Second Marriage Success: How To Strengthen Your Second Marriage

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Second_Marriage_Success_How_To_Strengthen_Your_Second_Marriage.html

Marriage Makeover: Put The Brakes On Destructive Relationship Habits

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Marriage_Makeover_Put_The_Brakes_On_Destructive_Relationship_Habits.html

Are you affair-prone? 5 conditions that can lead to an affair

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/are_you_affair_prone_5_conditions.html

Why Second Marriages Are More Likely To Fail: The Challenges Of Blending Families

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Why_Second_Marriages_Are_More_Likely_To_Fail_The_Challenges_Of_Blending_Families.html

Healthy Relationship Program: Create Rituals and Transform Your Relationship

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Healthy%20Relationship%20Program%20Create%20Rituals%20and%20Transform%20Your%20Relationship.html

Just For Men…And The Women Who Love Them: How Men Can Communicate More Effectively

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Just_for_men_and_the_women_who_love_them_How_men_can_communicate_more_effectively.html

Second Marriage Pitfall # 5: The Challenges of Remarrying After A Spouse Dies

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Second_Marriage_Pitfall_5_The_challenges_of_remarrying_after_a_spouse_dies.html

Build a Stronger Marriage by Setting Relationship Goals

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Build_a_Stronger_Marriage_by_Setting_Relationship_Goals.html

Healthy Relationship Program: Set Goals and Transform Your Relationship

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Healthy_Relationship_Program_Set_goals_and_transform_your_relationship.html

Healthy Relationship Program: The power of affirmation

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Healthy_Relationship_Program_The_power_of_affirmation.html

How To Ruin A Perfectly Good Relationship In 3 Easy Steps

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/How_to_ruin_a_perfectly_good_relationship_in_3_easy_Steps.html

Why second marriages are more likely to fail: Second marriage pitfall #4

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Why_second_marriages_are_more_likely_to_fail_Second_marriage_pitfall_4.html

One Couple’s secret to success: Building Intimacy through the art of sharing

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/One_Couple_s_secret_to_success_Building_Intimacy_through_the_art_of_sharing.html

A Lesson in Forgiveness: Why You Should Give Your Partner the Benefit of the Doubt

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/A_Lesson_in_Forgiveness_Why_You_Should_Give_Your_Partner_the_Benefit_of_the_Doubt.html

Help! I hate my in-laws (but love my spouse)

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Help_I_i_hate_i_my_in-laws_but_i_love_i_my_spouse.html

Tip Your Relationship Scale: Put the positive back in your marriage

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Tip_Your_Relationship_Scale_Put_the_positive_back_in_your_marriage.html

Second Marriage Pitfall #3: Help! Suddenly it’s my first marriage all over again!

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Second_Marriage_Pitfall_3_Help_Suddenly_it_s_my_first_marriage_all_over_again.html

Second Marriage Pitfall #2: Is your first marriage really behind you?

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Second_Marriage_Pitfall_2_Is_your_first_marriage_really_behind_you.html

Where has All the Sex Gone? Sexual Intimacy After Your Baby

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Where_has_All_the_Sex_Gone_Sexual_Intimacy_After_Your_Baby.html

Second Marriage Pitfall #1: Why second marriages are more likely to fail

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Second_Marriage_Pitfall_1_Why_second_marriages_are_more_likely_to_fail.html

Richard Nicastro Audio & Video Programs

The Turbo-Charged Communication Program

http://strengthenyourrelationship.com/store/turbo_charged_communication.html

Richard Nicastro Books

The ABCs of Effective Communication

http://strengthenyourrelationship.com/store/abcs_ebook.html

Take Control of Your Relationship: Don't Let Your Past Dictate Your Future

http://strengthenyourrelationship.com/store/takecontrol_ebook.html

Passion, Sex, and Intimacy: Keep the Fires of Passion Burning

http://strengthenyourrelationship.com/store/passion_ebook.html

The Art of Forgiveness: The Key Ingredient in Every Relationship

http://strengthenyourrelationship.com/store/art_of_forgiveness.html

Marriage/Relationship Checkup

http://www.strengthenyourrelationship.com/store/relationship_checkup.html

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Relationship Advice: Turn Anger Into A Relationship Ally

A great deal has been written about the damaging effects that anger can have on intimate relationships. But did you know that anger can be beneficial to your marriage or relationship? n The dark side of anger Like all emotions, anger runs along a continuum--from low to high intensity. When ...

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*** Marriage Advice: Turning Conflict into Opportunities

"I really hate it when we argue…but I've also learned so much about my husband from our fights and we have a stronger relationship now." ~Sandra, married seven years Even the most effective communicators get into spats now and then. And despite your best efforts at marital bliss, you and your partner will disagree and argue from time to time. But not all conflict is bad—conflict (if handled correctly) can teach you a great deal about yourself and your spouse or partner.

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Marital Conflict: Turning Arguments Into Opportunities

Once an argument has been settled, it's human nature to tuck it away in the back of your mind so you never have to revisit it again. After all, why would you want to stir up all those negative feelings associated with the argument? It's easy to think that only a glutton for punishment would do ...

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***How to Navigate the Maze of Internet Relationship Advice

A computer and access to the Internet: That’s all you need to share your opinion with the world about how you think people should manage their lives, relationships, finances…you name it. It seems like ove ight, everyone has become a potential "expert" about some particular ...

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Relationship Advice for Men (and the Women Who Love Them): How to be Open to Intimacy

Have you ever related to your spouse/partner in a totally non-defensive, emotionally open way? If you have, in that moment you and your spouse/partner were vulnerable and receptive to each other’s emotional needs/experiences. To do this, you were able to free yourself from the emotional blocks that so many men struggle with—you were unencumbered by the stereotypes and preconceived notions about masculinity that stand in the way of an authentic emotional connection. During moments of deep emotional intimacy there is no pretense or ego at work.

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The Ultimate Holiday Gift: Nurture your marriage this holiday season

If it's the season to be jolly… …then why am I seeing so many stressed, beleaguered couples walking around? Is it more apt to say, 'Tis the season to feel tense, frustrated and constantly on the go? Whether you're feeling totally overwhelmed or slightly frustrated, it's easy to lose perspective about what's most important and valuable to you during this holiday season--your marriage or relationship. What does the holiday season mean to you and your partner? Ironically, the gift of love can easily be forgotten this time of year.

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Marriage Help: making sense of the withdrawn husband

When you and your spouse/partner are locked in cycles of conflict, you probably assume you have nothing in common—especially during those times when your husband seems to shutdown emotionally and withdraw from you. However, the likelihood is that you and your mate share common threads in all that fighting—those commonalities are just going unrecognized.

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Marriage help: Are you making this communication mistake?

When couples come to me for help, the first thing I do is observe how they communicate with each other. Communication is often the gauge of the health of a relationship. There are certain effective communication principles that can help you create a more harmonious marriage or relationship; and certain styles of communication have been linked to relationship and marital problems. When couples seek marriage help and relationship advice, they are often locked in ineffective communication patterns that have spiraled out of control.

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Relationship help: Bring intimacy back into your relationship

Couples often seek out my relationship help or marriage advice because of difficulties with intimacy—they no longer feel a deep emotional connection with their spouse/partner. Why are so many couples struggling with emotional intimacy? In order to experience the gifts of emotional intimacy, you need to share the deepest parts of yourself with your partner while maintaining a separate sense of self (without losing your identity).

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Marriage advice: Your marriage needs this simple communication strategy

Arguments are a regular part of Lindsey and Hector's relationship. During a recent couples counseling session, they volleyed insults back and forth with such intensity that I almost stopped the session. But then something remarkable happened: Lindsey said, "Our marriage is too important to me to go on like this. We shouldn't treat each other this way. I want us to be friends again." I waited for Hector to mock his wife's tired attempt to bring back the harmony they once shared. But to my surprise, he softened and agreed with Lindsey.

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Men and Intimacy: Is It Really a Fear of Intimacy?

What is a fear of intimacy? The term "fear of intimacy" is often used to describe someone who has difficulty creating a close connection with their spouse/partner. Typically, the phrase highlights a person's struggle to become physically and/or emotionally close, and we often describe this struggle as a fear. But often there are certain differences between men and women that are misinterpreted as a fear of intimacy.

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Marriage Advice: Want to build a stronger marriage? Watch your mouth!

Here is my marriage advice to all couples: If you want to strengthen your marriage or relationship: Watch your mouth! Marriage help: It's all about the words we choose There's an old Bee Gees song that says, "It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away." When you and your spouse/partner were first dating, you probably used your words wisely in an effort to win over your mate's heart.

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Strengthen Your Relationship

Discover practical tools to help build a stronger, more intimate relationship . Sign up today for Dr. Nicastro's free relationship resources and take important steps toward protecting your most valued asset.

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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Richard Nicastro

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right.

~ Henry Ford

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

~George Herbert

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

~Saint-Exupery, Wind, Sand, Stars

Contacting Richard Nicastro

Dr. Rich Nicastro can be contacted through his websites:

www.StrengthenYourRelationship.com

www.HowToSpiceUpYourMarriage.net

(575) 915-2601

How to get started

To take the first step toward a healthier and more intimate relationship, visit www.StrengthenYourRelationship.com and sign up for the FREE monthly newsletter, Your Relationship Toolbox. When you sign up, you'll receive the popular special reports, "The Four Mindsets that can Topple Your Relationship" and "Relationship Self-Defense: Learn to control your arguments before they control you."

Also available on the Web site are free podcasts (The "Discover more about..." relationship series). Listen in as Dr. Nicastro gives quick, practical tips on essential relationship issues.

Dr. Nicastro also offers a free 20-minute Relationship Check-up coaching session (conducted by phone) where you'll learn to assess the overall health of your relationship and reveal areas that need improvement.

Other highlights

Relationship coaching for individuals and couples (coaching conducted in person or by phone). Several intensive coaching packages (which include workbooks) are offered, depending on the couple's needs. Contact Dr. Nicastro to learn the details. Don't forget to ask about your free Relationship Check-up coaching session.

Contact information: icastro@StrengthenYourRelationship.com or

(575) 915-2601