Terry Gaspard
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Terry Gaspard,  LICSW in Middletown, RI

About

Terry Gaspard MSW, LICSW has been a therapist and relationship expert for over 30 years. Her work focuses on helping individuals, couples, and families become more resilient, build stronger relationships and marriages, and recover after break-up and divorce. She is a contributor to nine websites including The Gottman Institute Relationship Blog and the author of the award-winning book Daughters of Divorce: Overcome the Legacy of Your Parents’ Breakup and Enjoy a Happy Long-lasting Relationship.
Terry�s book, The Remarriage Manual: How to Make Everything Work Better the Second Time Around, was published by Sounds True in February of 2020. Follow Terry at her website.

Licensing & Certifications:

  • Licensed
  • License State: Rhode Island
  • License Number: ISW01254, received
  • MSW, LICSW

Language(s) Spoken:

  • English

My Articles

8 Ways Couples Can Repair Their Relationship After an Argument

Relationship

8 Ways Couples Can Repair Their Relationship After an Argument

Many couples ask me the same question How can we get back on track after a disagreement? Conflict is an inevitable part of an intimate relationship. Couples ...
8 Red Flags of Financial Infidelity and How to Deal with It

Finance

8 Red Flags of Financial Infidelity and How to Deal with It

Often financial infidelity can be a symptom of deeper issues in a marriage. It can have roots in feelings of insecurity and a need for protection or control. ...
How Couples Can Diffuse Power Struggles

Relationship

How Couples Can Diffuse Power Struggles

A couple that I counseled recently, Tonia and Jack, both in their late forties, remarried for ten years and raising two children, have ghosts from their ...
6 Ways to Recover from Overreactions to Emotional Triggers

Mental Health

6 Ways to Recover from Overreactions to Emotional Triggers

Couples in intimate relationships are impacted by memories of their parents examples of what it means to be a spouse. For instance, Jessica, 36, was raised ...
What to Do If Your Marriage Becomes a Battleground

Save Your Marriage

What to Do If Your Marriage Becomes a Battleground

It s often said that good communication is essential to a healthy relationship but it s rare for anyone to define what that really means. Many couples ...
If You Think Your Spouse Will Meet Your Every Need … Think Again!

Relationship

If You Think Your Spouse Will Meet Your Every Need … Think Again!

One of the most common reasons couples argue according to experts is disappointment because of unmet expectations. It isn t that you shouldn t have expectations, ...
How  to Deepen Your Connection With Your Partner

Relationship

How to Deepen Your Connection With Your Partner

Emotional intimacy is the bedrock of a fantastic marriage. Couples who can achieve secure attachment and build a strong emotional connection are able to ...
How to Use Active Listening and Validation to Improve Your Marriage

Communication

How to Use Active Listening and Validation to Improve Your Marriage

During our recent counseling session, Jill, 42, expressed concern that she was feeling dissatisfied in her marriage to Logan, 44, and said they had been ...
3 Expert Tips to Improve Emotional Connection With Your Partner

Emotional Intimacy

3 Expert Tips to Improve Emotional Connection With Your Partner

On the long list of reasons that make relationships fail, lack of intimacy is perhaps the most difficult to overcome. A relationship works when both partners ...
My Husband Ignores Me– Signs, Reasons & What to Do

Relationship

My Husband Ignores Me– Signs, Reasons & What to Do

A common complaint for couples who meet with me for counseling is My husband ignores me or that they re drifting apart because one partner has become withdrawn ...
10 Reasons Why It’s Wrong to Love Someone Too Much

Relationship

10 Reasons Why It’s Wrong to Love Someone Too Much

It s understandable that we all start out in life wanting to feel safe, loved, and accepted. It s in our basic nature to seek security and to want to give ...
What Is Emotional Abandonment in Marriage? 5 Ways to Cope

Emotional Intimacy

What Is Emotional Abandonment in Marriage? 5 Ways to Cope

Sitting on the sofa in my office during their first couples counseling session, Alena, 38, describes the loneliness she feels in her ten year marriage. ...
Why Is My Ex Hiding His New Relationship: 13 Possible Reasons

Relationship

Why Is My Ex Hiding His New Relationship: 13 Possible Reasons

Coming to terms with the fact that your ex has a new relationship can be challenging after divorce. This is especially true if you feel your ex is keeping ...
6 Ways for Couples to Deal With Differences in Sexual Desire

Physical Intimacy

6 Ways for Couples to Deal With Differences in Sexual Desire

Sexual and emotional intimacy go hand in hand and many couples who are mismatched in terms of sexual desire feel less intimate over time. Unfortunately, ...
How Emotion Regulation Helps With Money Problems in Relationships

Finance

How Emotion Regulation Helps With Money Problems in Relationships

Self soothing, or emotion regulation, is the practice of calming the body and mind in the face of conflict and refocusing one s energy so that a couple ...