Divorce Articles

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• How to Overcome Obstacles to Positive Change
  We all are faced at times with trying to persuade others to make behavioral changes, or needing to do so ...
• How Can I Improve Intimacy in My Marriage?
  It has become too common a refrain: There isn't enough time. This is the excuse put forth ...
• Being a Grownup When Your Kid Hates You
  This column tells a story based on a composite of real-life situations in therapy to represent both teen and ...
• The Myth of the High Rate of Divorce
  A few years ago, my wife and I celebrated our 25th anniversary. It is the second ...
• Improving the Odds for Successful Second Marriages
  Divorce rates have long been overstated, and that for more educated couples who are over 25 when they marry, ...
• Young Families Face New Problems
  Ed and Carol were seeking help for a number of common complaints: poor communication, ...
• What You Need to Consider Before Having Kids
  Having a baby is a big decision that requires couples to do some serious self-reflecting ...
• A Band-Aid for a Marriage in Crisis
  Imagine a heavy-duty truck riding off the road, slipping down a hill and getting stuck in thick, sticky mud. Trying ...
• Daddies Do Make A Difference
  “Congratulations on your wife’s pregnancy,” I said to an acquaintance I ran into in the parking lot at the grocery store. ...
• Constancy, Care and Courage: The 3 Cs of Successful Fathering
  Fathers Day is coming around again. On the third Sunday of June in the U.S., ...
• 5 Steps to a Successful Marriage
  "It doesn’t take hard work to keep a relationship happy or stable over time," says Terri ...
• Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Conversation with Dr. Frank Ochberg
  Thanks to generous gifts from a new donor, Gift From Within and the Dart Society are collaborating to better serve the needs of veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and military families who carry the ...
• Surviving and Thriving As a Stepfamily
  All families face challenges. But stepfamilies encounter unique obstacles that can make or break their family. These unique challenges are ...
• A Good Sex Life is Not Just About Chemistry
  Sometimes sexual problems are the body’s way of communicating a message to us that cannot ...
• When Mental Illness Strikes: Tips for Couples
  Mental illness is tough on couples. “The stress level often stretches into a crisis mode, in which managing the illness becomes, for ...
• Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce
  JoAnne Pedro-Carroll’s Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce illuminates the many ways that divorce is not merely a separation between parents, but a whole-family issue that reverberates deeply for ...
• A Lifetime of Joy after Clinical Depression
  This is a true story, as told to us by Alice (not her real name): When I was born my mother was dismayed -- she didn’t want a child ...
• I’m an Only Child. So What?
  I do not have any brothers or sisters. Yes, I am an only child. So what? It is okay with me that I don’t have brothers or sisters, so why is it often not ...
• Teens Who Self-Harm
  Sandy's mother, Lily, is beside herself. "I didn't notice anything was wrong all winter," she said. "Oh, she was quieter than usual and her grades weren't the best. But we moved last fall and I ...
• Cooperative Co-Parenting for the Divorced
  The sullen 12-year-old girl who is curled up in the corner of my office couch is on a roll: “My parents’ divorce ruined everything. They make me do things they would never do. I ...
• Helping Kids Cope with Your Amicable Divorce
  When divorce is an obvious solution to a disastrous marriage, it’s easier for kids to understand. If either parent is abusive to partner and kids, an addict whose habit has thrown the family into poverty, ...
• Childhood Stress Raises Allergy Risk
  Children who survive traumatic events are at a higher risk of allergy and asthma, recent research suggests. Researchers in Leipzig, Germany have found that such events directly affect the immune system. Dr. Gunda Herberth and colleagues ...
• Better Parenting Starts with Improving Ourselves
  Parents are more alike than different. Most of us want to do a good job. Most of us love our children to death. Whether married, divorced, or single, most of our kids have at least ...
• Tips for Helping Children Handle Divorce
  Much of how children are affected depends on how their parents handle the divorce process. Parents who end their marriage in a mature and healthy way can reduce the negative effects of divorce on their ...
• Reduce the Stress of a Divorce
  No matter how frustrated you may have become with your partner, the decision to divorce never is an easy one. Strong emotions often arise on both sides. But there are healthy ways to cope. Making the ...