I’m a divorce attorney. I have the pleasure of spending nearly all day, every day, helping people break up their marriages. I watch my clients laugh, cry, and sometimes scream (a few times the same person does all three in less than an hour). Each time I think I’ve heard “all there is to hear”, someone tells me…
Children and Death Talking about and discussing death with children can be a tricky subject depending on the child’s age, level of maturity, understanding of death, circumstances around the death, and relationship to the deceased. At times, adults can find themselves at a loss on what to tell children. This can lead to adults avoiding […]
1. The Start of Affair Recovery – The recovery clock on infidelity doesn’t start ticking unit the contact (all stimuli – texts, calls, seeing one another, etc.) stops. Given this, what is the motivation to recover, as not all couples come to counseling to recover. It is important to be really clear on what it is that you and your partner/spouse both want. Sometimes couples attempt couples counseling as a demonstration that they have “tried everything” to make it work, and they aren’t really committed.
As a therapist and counselor I am always teaching clients about communication. A lot frustration between couples and definitely teens and their parents comes from communication. I specialize in couples counseling, empowering individuals through individual counseling and teen counseling that incorporates not only the teen but their parents as well. I love being able to put couples or families “on the court” during session and coach them through communication issues they are having. I allow them to show me what…
This blog comes from a question I posed to my colleague Miguel Brown, LMFT of Miami Teen Counseling. I reached out to Miguel because of his area of expertise and wanted to get his opinion on what he understands about “Video Game Addiction” and how he works with teenagers and families presenting with too much time on their gaming systems or…
I LOVE this cute and quick video. Dr. Brene Brown highlights the difference between empathy and sympathy.
She highlights 4 main areas of empathy:
1. Perspective Taking – the ability to take the perspective of someone else as their truth.
2. Staying out of …
Everyone has their own beliefs about what happens when we die. Many people believe that their loved ones live on in some way, form or fashion. When our loved ones die many of us find comfort and noticing…
So what does “Fried Lemonade” have to do with having a better relationship…trying new things of course! I mean, unless you are a Texaner I bet you have never tried Fried Lemonade either. I wanted to share with you a few fun ideas. Drs. Julie and John Gottman, the creators of the researched based “Gottman Method of Couples Therapy”, identify 3 main areas in helping couples expand their…
Check out Katie Lemieux, LMFT – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist of “Lemieux Solutions Unlimited, LLC” and Sophie Frabotta – Certified Life Coach of “LSS Harmony” as they talk about how to overcome fear from their own personal experiences. We all have fear, but how do we turn that fear into an opportunity for growth, […]
For most people who are grieving they feel so isolated in their grief like no one understands or can possibly imagine what they might be going through. Although we could not possibly understand the exact experience of someone else, we can relate to certain feelings, thoughts and/or experiences of another. Although I caution people to say, “I understand”, most people who have dealt with a loss and experienced grief can relate to the feelings and experiences that people feel while grieving. It might be better to say…