Have you ever wondered what it means to have a healthy relationship? Being in a healthy relationship means you have good and stable adult relationships that work. But what does a healthy relationship actually look like?

Before we can see what a healthy relationship looks like, it’s important to see what an unhealthy, or bad relationship looks like.

In an unhealthy relationship, you often think you already know the other person really fast. For example, I’ve had clients who have gone on two, three, four dates and they can say characteristics about the person they’re dating just based on what he or she is saying, or based on what they’re assuming… without really, really getting to know that person—not only by what they’re saying but also by how their actions back up what they’re saying. You cannot know somebody and be in a mature relationship until after you’ve gone out with him or her more than a few times.

This also happens when you’re talking about relationships that are not romant...