ARTICLES
Explore Ancestrina’s articles on relationships and therapy. These texts take up concrete questions and open a path to deeper conversations.
By Víctor Silva and Marcela Gómez It is two in the morning. You have been talking for hours, each of you knows the other person’s reasons, and tomorrow the same decision will still be…
Read article →By Víctor Silva and Marcela Gómez “Not now.” You wait. You try again at another time, and that does not work either. By the time you finally ask when you will be able to…
Read article →By Víctor Silva and Marcela Gómez “I have explained it to you a hundred times.” Perhaps your partner keeps looking at their phone while you speak. Perhaps they could repeat your request word for…
Read article →By Víctor Silva and Marcela Gómez “I only wanted to talk about what happened on Saturday. Five minutes later, we were arguing about the way you had spoken to me.” The original issue is…
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Staying after infidelity may be possible without being the right choice for you. Examine the conditions, participation, and costs an honest attempt requires.
Read article →“I want to trust again, but I cannot do it just because my partner promises it will never happen again.” After infidelity, positive thinking does not answer the question that remains open: what would…
Read article →Finding out that your partner cheated can make everything feel urgent at once. You may want every detail, a final explanation, and a decision about the future before the day is over. You may…
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“When this phase is over, we’ll be okay again.” Sometimes that sentence names a difficult season that both people recognize and are working through. At other times, the phase keeps changing its name, years…
Read article →You know how your partner takes their coffee, what their face looks like when they are tired, and how they will answer a joke you have repeated for years. That familiarity can feel like…
Read article →When a relationship is in crisis, “Can it be repaired?” often sounds like one question. In practice, it may contain several: Is change possible? Do both people want to try? Do they have the…
Read article →You look at your partner and still recognize someone you care about, but something that once seemed obvious is missing. Perhaps you avoid a kiss, no longer feel eager to tell them about your…
Read article →By Víctor Silva and Marcela Gómez “I love them, but I do not know whether I want to stay.” Ambivalence does not prove that you should remain in the relationship, and it does not…
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