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Why the Holidays can Bring More Conflict than Joy
Thursday, December 03, 2009
(Read Count: 536)
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By: Mr. Brett R. Williams, LMFT
Help with the emotions around the holidays typically focuses on the “Holiday Blues”, but there is very little press regarding the tension and conflicts that erupt during this time of year. Relationships are like the proverbial canary in the mine shafts, in that they are the first to be affected by stress and tension. When we are upset we typically don’t snap at our friends or coworkers, it all comes out towards our spouse or intimate partner. Although thi...
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NICE Men vs. DRACULAS - Women want DRACULAS, not just NICE men!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
(Read Count: 434)
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By: Kevin Barwick, LCPC
I really enjoy working with couples. It’s fulfilling and challenging to help couples make needed changes that bring more connection in their lives. Much of the challenge, however, is that the dynamics within a relationship change as often as sand shifts and takes on new shapes.
One of those new shapes is what I hear a lot in my therapy practice. One woman said,
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Kevin Barwick has been in private practice for nearly 15 years as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in the State of Maryland. Previously, he had worked at the Department of Social Services, Youth and Family Division for over 10 years providing foster care placement services. Additionally, he has worked with several agencies in and around the Washington, DC metropolitan areas. He is often found presenting classes, workshops and seminars on a variety of topics.
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Growing Through Divorce
Friday, November 13, 2009
(Read Count: 419)
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By: Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT
Divorce ranks just above death in severity of stress and is often combined with other stressors, such as marital discord, serious financial problems, a move, single parenting, multiple losses and litigation, all at once. It’s a life cycle crisis that presents a crucial period of increased vulnerability and heightened potential. With consciousness, the process can be edifying. Although not easy, it’s extremely rewarding, because, in the long run you feel better and learn from the experience, so you don't have to repeat the same mistakes.
Divorce consists of seve...
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Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Santa Monica, with a broad experience, working with individuals and couples for more than twenty years. Her focus is relationships and career goals, helping clients lead fuller lives. Formerly an attorney in the corporate and private sectors for 18 years, she's familiar with career challenges and transitions. Both in private practice and as a Senior Mediator in Los Angeles Superior Court, she mediated Divorce and Child Custody and Visitation Disputes.She's also worked extensively in the field of addiction and co-dependency at numerous hospitals and treatment facilities. Helping substance abusers and their families find recovery has been a rewarding part of her practice. She's familiar with 12-Step Programs, but has a client-centered philosophy, encouraging each person to determine his or her own abstinence and treatment goals.
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Home for the Holidays
Monday, November 23, 2009
(Read Count: 312)
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By: Nancy L. Iben, MFT
Thousands of people travel to see their families during the holidays.
These family gatherings often include meeting new arrivals to the family and spending time with people we only see rarely. However, interactions between family members can range from affectionate to strained. How is that, when we go home for the holidays, old memories, both joyous and traumatic, seem like they happened only yesterday? How can we enjoy these family gatherings if they raise the past so dramatically?
Murray ...
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Nancy Iben is a Marriage, Family Therapist, licensed in 1994 and in private practice since that time. She has also been the Clinical Director of the counseling center at The Boys and Girls Club of Venice for 5 years, supervising interns and seeing children and families for therapy. In 2003 she became Assistant Clinical Director of Airport Marina Counseling Serice for 1 year and then Clinical Director of Airport Marina Counseling Service for the last 5 years, retiring from that position in July of 2009. During that time she was not only managing the provision of clinical services at the agency but supervising interns and teaching a training class for new interns.
She is currently supervising and training interns and teaching a Family/Child Certificate Program at Airport Marina Counseling Service.
She is in private practice in Playa del Rey where she sees individuals and couples working on relationship issues. She sees adolescents with and without their families. Some areas of specialty are depression, anxiety, phase of life issues, grief and loss, childhood abuse issues, people recovering from substance abuse and psychology interns needing therapy for school.
To learn more about Nancy Iben please click here.
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Top Nine Things To Do Before The Divorce
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
(Read Count: 196)
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By: Dr. Steven T. Griggs, Ph.D.
One of the best things parents can do for the children is to actually plan the divorce before speaking to the kids. This is probably too late for most of the parents reading this article, but for the minority who are thinking about divorce and have not yet "pulled the plug," the next three pages are for you.
First, be absolutely certain that the div...
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A Daughter's Memories on Father's Day
Sunday, June 13, 2010
(Read Count: 134)
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By: Raelene S. Weaver, MA, MBA
My Dad passed away on Christmas Day 8 years ago. It was sad of course, because he was gone. But it brought some peace too, because he had battled Parkinson's disease for 4 ½ years, and as my step-brother said, “Christmas was Dad's favorite holiday, and he was going home.” I was crazy about my Dad when I was little. I wanted to do everything with him. I had a little recliner chair right next to Dad's chair, so it was like Papa Bear and Baby Bear. My Dad often worked six days a week, so on Sunday mornings, crawling into bed with him to read Goldilocks and the ...
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Raelene S. Weaver, MA, MBA is a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Jose, CA. To learn more about Ms. Weaver please view her profile here.
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