Blended Families’ Effects on Adolescents
The transition from middle childhood to adolescence is a difficult time for many youth. Some though, are compounded with the dealings of parental divorce and possibly, remarriage. The family relationships …
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Does Facebook Cause Affairs?
While engaging in couples counseling I work with a lot of couples whose relationships have been threatened by infidelity. Many of these affairs can be linked back to Facebook. Naturally, …
How to Avoid Holiday Meltdowns
Big holiday get‐togethers can be a bit of a chore. Chore or not, they are often unavoidable, so Dr. Thomas Phelan offers parents advice in minimizing children’s holiday meltdowns. 1 …
Hinting
What is wrong with what you want? How we share our wants and needs with our spouse determines how well we get them met. This could be sharing something relatively …
The Dodo Bird Verdict
“Everybody has won and all must have prizes” said the Dodo bird from Alice in Wonderland. A bit absurd to have everybody win, isn’t it? Yet in the psychotherapy research …
