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The Pain of Undiagnosed ADHD in Adult Relationships January 7, 2013 . 23 Comments
Editor’s note: Melissa Orlov, LLC, is a marriage consultant who specializes in working with couples impacted by ADHD. She is the author of the award-winning book, The ADHD Effect ... Read More
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How Social Networking Changes Friendships November 23, 2012 . 12 Comments
In an increasingly connected world, most people have an account on at least one social networking platform, and many people use social networking as their primary means of communication ... Read More
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Shame: the Silent Killer of Relationships
November 21, 2012 .
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We all know the feeling, but few of us want to talk about it. Shame often runs our lives and undermines our relationships, but we often keep it hidden. We’re ashamed of being ashamed. ... Read More
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Surrogate Partners: Making Intimacy Work November 20, 2012 . 5 Comments
My friend and colleague, Linda Poelzl, has been working as a professional surrogate partner for 17 years. As a local writer commented a few weeks ago after meeting both of us, what this ... Read More
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Identifying African-Americans’ Barriers to Family Therapy November 16, 2012 . 3 Comments
Family therapy can help families and couples overcome challenges with interpersonal relationships. Many issues that families and couples face become volatile and hostile without the help ... Read More
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Depression and Discrimination: Where There’s One, the Other Often Follows October 30, 2012 . 10 Comments
Depression makes it difficult to function in daily life, but adding discrimination to the equation makes it even more troublesome. A new study in the journal The Lancet stated that out ... Read More
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How to Get Children to Open Up About Sexual Abuse October 25, 2012 . 18 Comments
One of the reasons many children do not tell anyone about being sexually abused is because they fear that their loved ones will not believe them. Often, their abuser is a friend or family ... Read More
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What Does It Mean to Be Understood in Therapy?
October 25, 2012 .
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One of the basic ingredients of good psychotherapy is being understood. People often do not consider what it means for a therapist to understand. Ideas vary from one school of therapy ... Read More
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Asperger’s Syndrome and the Illusion of Friendship October 23, 2012 . 17 Comments
This is the third in a series of articles designed to explore some of the issues and concerns that arise around what is currently called Asperger’s syndrome, which will soon be incorporated ... Read More
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The Therapeutic Relationship: a Blueprint October 22, 2012 . 6 Comments
As therapists, we take journeys with our clients. We embark on long trips to uncover and discover the past and imagine possible futures. In the case of people who have been victims of ... Read More
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Should Step-Relationships Be Maintained After Divorce? October 22, 2012 . 154 Comments
What was once considered a rarity—step-siblings, step-parents, and step-in-laws—has become more common than not. When couples marry, there is a very good chance that one of them brings ... Read More
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When Children Reject, Disrespect, and Disappoint October 12, 2012 . 11 Comments
A client recently described how thrilling it was to take her daughter to see the Broadway musical Annie. She recalled that her mother took her to see it when she was a child, and it ... Read More
