Articles by Rabbi Aryeh Ettinger

A man desperate for connection discovers the paradox that turns closeness into distance.

What if the arguments aren’t what’s breaking the relationship? This piece challenges our fear of conflict and reveals, through rabbinic wisdom, what really stands in the way of closeness.

When control loosens, an unfamiliar question emerges. This piece explores what happens when authority gives way to self-definition, and why real stability begins inside.

It looks like love. It sounds like concern. But beneath it lies a quiet need to manage. This piece exposes the moment care turns into control and why that shift changes everything.

Anger and blame dominate the surface, but beneath them lie fear, appeasement, and two people who never chose who they wanted to be. A therapy room story about control, confusion, and the moment a marriage is forced to look inward.

A fight about money that never ends may not be about money at all. This article reveals what spending is really trying to soothe, and why couples keep arguing past the real issue.

A couple’s conflict over their children uncovers two very different inner worlds. A therapeutic look at how past experiences quietly guide present decisions.

How embracing human complexity strengthens relationships, therapy, and self-worth.