Media Appearances by Dr. McCarthy

Dr. McCarthy asserts very strongly that we are not educated or trained enough in our society as to the principles needed to help couples achieve lasting relationship success and that our society is “socially underdeveloped” due to this lack of education and we are set-up for failure. Our lack of skills training is further reinforced by commonly accepted “non-change” beliefs about love and romance. An example of such limiting beliefs are: “one should not have to change in a relationship” or “you should just love me unconditionally and just accept me the way I am.” So not only do couples lack the needed skills but also believe they shouldn’t have to change when in a relationship! Subsequently, partners typically resist trying to make improvements in the way they interact when asked to do so by their partner. 

Dr. McCarthy maintains that while society has achieved a high level of technological advancement couples still have no education or training of any real significance in  how to truly sustain love and relationship success over the long term. He has identified the Best Practices for what it takes for a couple on a daily basis to create major relationship improvement and offers his self-help books and on-line video series for transformational change. And he has communicated these principles through various TV and radio appearances as well as print-articles noted below.