I’m sure you’re curious to know what the heck a frog has to do with a domestic violent relationship. As a therapist I struggled for years trying to comprehend and understand why someone would stay in a domestic violent relationship. I really didn’t get it.  I didn’t get or understand…

Turning Towards, Away, or Against

With every interaction in our relationships with people, whether our significant other, colleague, or friend, we have 3 choices for how we will respond. We can choose to “turn towards” them, responding positively. We can “turn away”, react by ignoring, avoiding, or…

Here we are in 2016 and most people have proclaimed some sort of New Year’s Resolution.  The majority of people focus on losing weight followed by some other resolutions.  What is interesting is that the “resolutions” often focus on a lack of something, a deficit, or not wanting to feel a certain way.  They tend to be a bit negative, as though good things hadn’t happened. So instead of thinking about resolutions…

We are all looking for ways to reduce our holiday stress.  Let’s look at how to apply business principles to your reduce your holiday stress.  Have you ever heard of the 80/20 rule?  This is known as the Pareto Principle. It states that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This rule is most often used in business to understand various aspects of a business, helping business owners make decisions about their business. As an example 80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients.

 Let’s take this principle and apply it to the holiday season.  Let’s look at this in regards to…

Katie Lemieux, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, was an invited guest on Divorce Attorney Tammy Saltzman’s show “The Divorce Connection Network”.   Katie spoke about Dr. John Gottman’s “7 Principles for Making Marriage Work”.  

Katie has studied and used the work of Drs. John and Julie Gottman in her practice working with couples in a variety of capacities.  Katie works with couples who are seeking counseling for a variety of concerns such as loss of connection, loss of intimacy, affair recovery, difficulty communicating, transitioning to parenthood, betrayal, addiction recovery…

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 […]

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…