Therapist. Author. Consultant.
Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon is passionate about intimate relationships.
As a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University, she treats individuals and couples with a broad range of issues and challenges related to intimacy, trauma and identity.
As an assistant clinical professor at Northwestern University, she introduces graduate students to the complex and courageous world of couple therapy. She challenges undergraduate students to grow their self-awareness so they can create healthy and loving partnerships.
As a relationship expert, she consults frequently to the media, translating cutting-edge research and clinical insights into practical and useful ideas that people can use in order to “show-up” more authentically in relationships.
Marriage 101
Click here to learn more about "Loving Bravely: A Relationship Readiness Course," and the undergraduate course, “Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101.”
The Book
Click here to learn more about Dr. Solomon’s upcoming book, Loving Bravely: 20 Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want (New Harbinger, 2017).
If you are in the dating world, you are processing a lot of information. You are a researcher of sorts, making sense of a large amount of data. You are evaluating yourself, asking questions like: Am I emotionally ready for a relationship? How attractive am I to a potential romantic partner? How will I know
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