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Does Your Relationship Need Couple Therapy?

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Email this to your Friends

by Jennifer B Baxt, LMFT, LMHC

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Our world is ever changing. Fifty years ago, in the 1950’s, and for all time before that, divorce was almost unheard of. Couples married, and expected to remain married for life. Because divorce was so taboo at that time, couples managed to work out their problems, and make the best of their situations. They simply had to learn how to live together, because the alternative was literally ‘unthinkable’ and not to be considered.

Things have certainly changed! Today, more than half of all marriages end in divorce. We no longer are required to learn how to live with each other, because there is always the option of ‘getting out’ without society ‘marking’ us for the effort. You’ve probably heard of ‘starter marriages.’ You may have thought it was a joke. It isn’t.

The truth is that anyone who is serious about maintaining a relationship will benefit from couple therapy. Even the strongest of relationships can benefit and grow even stronger with the help of a qualified couple’s therapist. (more…)

Posted in Marriage Counseling, Relationships, & Intimacy, Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring | 4 Comments »

Should I go to Therapy?

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Email this to your Friends

by Pat Kanakis, LMFT

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I read an article in the Los Angeles Times today; 2-2-2008, that talked about a study done on people with the purpose of finding out what was the most difficult time of a persons life. The findings were that women in their mid to late 40’s and men in their early 50’s have the most difficult time in life. The surprising part of the study was that it expected to find older adults with more struggles but the article stated that a person in their 60’s and older stated they realized the importance of time and used it better thereby reporting less difficulties in this age range. I don’t know how valid the study was but it got me thinking. I agreed with the results based on what I see in therapy sessions and have experienced in my own life and with my friends. Being a 40 something woman myself, I thought of some of the changes I have been through in the last few years. (more…)

Posted in Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring | 5 Comments »

Intervention or, What’s a Family to Do?

Friday, February 1st, 2008 Email this to your Friends

by Edward W. Wilson, Ph.D., MAC

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As a family member becomes increasingly alcohol dependent, most families find themselves wishing they knew what to do. Initially we all tend to look the other way and hope that we’re wrong, but eventually most of us will start getting angry as the side effects begin to spill over into our lives. Then were also, probably, going to feel guilty about being angry. It is, after all, a disease, isn’t it? How can we be mad at someone who is ill?

Lewis Thomas, M. D., essayist and late Director of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, once wrote that in medicine the most difficult part is knowing that “frequently the best we can do is to stand back and quietly wring our hands.” For many of us, that is how we respond as the problem grows. And sometimes it is the best that can be done. (more…)

Posted in Addiction & Dependency, Family Therapy, Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated and Changes Made | 5 Comments »

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