How We Write About Relationships

Is this therapy?

No. Articles explain general ideas from relationship research. They can’t diagnose, treat or account for the details of your situation. Advice written for ordinary conflict doesn’t apply where there’s abuse, and our pages say so plainly whenever it matters.

Where does the advice come from?

The Gottman Institute’s published work, peer-reviewed journals, and professional bodies such as the American Psychological Association and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Popular frameworks like love languages appear alongside what research has found about them, which is sometimes less than their fans expect. Statistics are quoted only from named sources, with dates.

Therapy platforms and licensed clinicians

Any online therapy or counseling service on the site must state that its therapists are licensed clinicians. From each platform’s own pages we note licensing, insurance acceptance, published prices and cancellation terms, with the date checked. Platforms that can’t show licensing don’t appear here, paid or unpaid.

How are products chosen?

Couples apps, budgeting tools, books and card decks are compared on criteria listed at the top of each guide: what they cost, what they ask of you and your partner, and the privacy policy behind any app that stores personal conversations. No review is written as a personal trial, and we don’t claim to have used a product as a couple.

Paid articles and links

Paid articles carry a “Sponsored” label, with rel="sponsored nofollow" applied to every paid link. Sponsors can’t review or change an article’s advice before or after it runs.

Spotting an error

Spot an error? Send the link and your source to editorial@heartandhearthpost.com. Fixes are dated, and pages are reviewed when major research or professional guidance changes.