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  1. Tips for Communicating with Your Teen

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    Most parents often find that one of the biggest challenges of parenthood is communicating with a teenager. It often feels that there exist very few ways to get a teen to open up or to fully engage in a conversation. Bordering on the verge of leaving childhood behind, yet not being able to claim full adulthood, teens are frequently confused about who they are and who they are perceived to be. Commu…Read More

  2. The Far-Reaching Effects of Divorce

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    Listen to any child of divorce and their stories and you begin to understand the far-reaching implications of divorce. Where some good reasons do exist for the dissolution of marriage, many many more reasons support the need for couples to work out their differences and stay together. Not that we are advocating staying in a toxic marriage "for the sake of the children", but there are many problems…Read More

  3. How to Quickly Destroy Your Marriage: Lie

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    "Yeah, it never fails to amaze me how a single lie can undo an entire lifetime of good."      - SHERRILYN KENYON, Upon the Midnight Clear When Holly first learned of her husband's financial indiscretions, the gambling, the growing debt, the imminent threats of bankruptcy and foreclosure; of course she was infuriated. She found it incredible that he would put their family's entire financial futu…Read More

  4. The Tell-tale Signs of an Eating Disorder

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    20 million American women; 10 million American men. Not just numbers or statistics, they represent the individuals that suffer, sometime during their lives, a clinically significant eating disorder. As one of the more confounding and complicated mental health issues, clinical eating disorders often require comprehensive and individualized treatment plans that can often last for years. Being inext…Read More

  5. How to Know When You Need Marriage Counseling

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    With divorce rates still at approximately 50% in the United States, it may come as a shock to find out that only one in four couples who are filing for divorce ever seek couples therapy or marriage counseling before splitting. Furthermore, according to sources cited by an online article on psychologytoday.com, those that do seek help first waited "an average of six years after serious problems dev…Read More

  6. Common Communication Mistakes Made Between Partners

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    We've all heard that communication is the key to all strong relationships. Ineffective and problematic communication techniques often lead to resentment, anger and disengagement. Within a marriage, good communication skills can make all the difference in regards to the ability to establish bonds, build trust and establish a higher level of mutual respect and understanding. Many couples often find …Read More

  7. Overcome Roadblocks with An Experienced Marriage and Family Therapist

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    Sometimes difficulties that we experience in our marriage can make it feel like we've come to the end of the road. Emotions are high and you may feel that these issues are too big to overcome, and you may feel like giving up and walking away from the relationship. What feels like the end of the road may just in fact be a roadblock, and with the right marriage and family therapist you and your pa…Read More