By Emily GlazerContributing Writer

Problems pop up in any relationship.

Fortunately, Northwestern students have Dr. Wei-Jen Huang.

“Between all of us, we speak different kinds of love languages,” said Huang, a psychologist and Counseling and Psychological Services assistant director for community relations

Huang, known as the “Love Doctor,” started the Emotional Intelligence and Relationships workshop four years ago to teach students how to communicate better with loved ones.

Huang holds three workshops each quarter. Twenty-seven undergraduate and graduate students, ages 18 to 28, attended the second and latest workshop. Typically a few more women attend than men.

“The students here are so talented, but many are suffering in the relationship aspect,” Huang said.

The first workshop focused on larger concepts such as attachment, and the second dealt with the four danger signs in a relationship.

During the third, today, students will discuss ways to create personal connections.

Huang and assistants illustrate relationship problems through PowerPoint presentations and role-playing.

“We often find that students can really relate to the material,” said Andrew Sia, Weinberg ’98, a CAPS intern. “By bringing real-life experiences into the room and demonstrating techniques, we hope to provide concrete examples of healthy relationship building that students can adapt to their own experiences.”

Sia said the sessions help students smooth over inevitable problems in relationships.

“Bumps in the road are sometimes unavoidable, and if we learn to traverse those bumps in a healthy and loving way, we can actually bring people closer together,” Sia said.