Philly Love Doc

Skip to Content

Online Therapy throughout PA, NJ, and FL

In-Person Therapy in Philadelphia, PA

331 W State Street, Media, PA 19063

DrG@PhillyLoveDoc.com | 844-LOVEPHL

Get Started with a Free Consultation

More About Dr. G

Therapy Services & Rates

My Philly Location

The Philly Love Doc Podcast

Should we be calling the avoidant discard something else, like an intimate ghosting?
Saying “I love you” while building a future with someone, only to disappear from their life without explanation?

That’s not confusion. That’

Women don’t fall in love the same way men do.

Women bond through oxytocin—
the hormone of closeness, safety, emotional connection.

It’s released through:
conversation, touch, vulnerability, presence.

Which means…
The more

He’s not inconsistent because he thinks he’s better than you. He’s inconsistent because he’s afraid he’s not.

A man who can’t show up, plan, or pursue
isn’t confused, he’s avoiding.

Avoiding the versi

Women are not naturally “easygoing.”
We’re trained.

Trained to: keep the peace, soften our tone, anticipate needs before they’re spoken and call it love. But what we’re really learning is how to abandon ourselves gracef

Dr. G, The Philly Love Doc is Philadelphia’s expert on love, relationships, intimacy, sex, and everything in between!

© 2025-2026 Dr. Gina L. Marchando, DMFT, LMFT, CHt, CIt, NPT-C

Website Design by The Brand Anthropologist