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Who are you choosing as your parter? Becoming healthy to find a true love (that works)

(Permission by client granted; names and details changed.) Jill is a single and successful 34-year old female of mixed heritage who had been traumatized by being in a relationship with Greg, an alcoholic.  Jill wants to regain the self-respect that was destroyed by being in a relationship with an active alcoholic. She wants to be […]

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Short-term marriage counseling: from drinking & controlling to intimacy

SHORT TERM MARRIAGE COUNSELING: FROM DRINKING AND CONROLLING TO INTIMACY AND CONNECTION (Permission by client granted; names and details changed.) Jane, an attractive 48-year old and her husband of 9 years, Nick, 52, came into therapy because they wanted help to stop fighting so much, and they wanted to regain the joy that they once […]

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Low self-esteem and depression: the benefits of facing self hate and moving into self love

Molly, 38 and single, entered therapy very depressed and hating herself. Her goals were to honor her own needs, be in a romantic relationship and feel more fulfilled at work. Although feeling desperate and as if she was beyond hope, Molly had nowhere else to turn. Growing up, Molly’s father was neglectful, abandoned the family, […]

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Therapy to heal trauma: moving from survival to trust and fulfillment

Therapy to heal trauma: moving from survival to trust and fulfillment

(Permission by client granted; names and details changed.) Sally, a married 46-year-old mother of 5, came into therapy overwhelmed with the demands of her life. She was in extreme emotional pain. Sally was distraught with grief due to witnessing her youngest child, Cindy, have a stroke and require multiple brain surgeries shortly after her birth. […]

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