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Why Stonewalling in a Relationship is a Serious Red Flag
Stonewalling in a relationship is bad news for everyone involved. According to the Gottman Institute, stonewalling is the fourth stage of a relationship in trouble, after criticism, contempt, and defensiveness. Stonewalling is an indicator that you or your partner...
How to Set Boundaries with Toxic Parents
Dealing with toxic parents can be an extremely difficult experience. Some parents thrive on getting you worked up, they are less understanding, and they refuse to see things the way you do. You are left feeling miserable and misunderstood. Having a parent like this...
Stepfamily Success: Blended Family Counseling
Remarriage can help heal the scars of divorce - however, 60% of second marriages fail. We do not say this to discourage you from pursuing a new relationship, but to help you avoid some pitfalls going forward. One huge reason second marriages fail is an inability to...
What are the Goals of Strategic Family Therapy?
The goals of strategic family therapy may be different for each family. Generally, families are seeking to solve some problem - often a behavioral concern with one or more of their children. That behavioral problem, however, is often a response to an environment in...
Marriage Counseling After Infidelity
Infidelity is something that we don't talk enough about in our culture. However, it is a huge obstacle many couples face. If you are struggling with infidelity in your relationship, know that you are not alone. Infidelity can occur in any relationship, even a happy...
How Doomscrolling Impacts Your Mental Health
These days, there is no shortage of bad news out there. Doomscrolling is the habit of seeking out negative content to catastrophize over. By clicking on negative content on social media or online, we teach the algorithm to show us more of the same. Over time,...
What Does Online Family Counseling Look Like?
As we roll into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all finding new ways to access the goods and services we need. One of the ways the pandemic has transformed the way we do things at Family Strategies Counseling and Mediation is Online Family Counseling....
Internal Family Systems Therapist
The Internal Family System is a theory that individuals cannot be fully understood in isolation from the family unit. The family in question, however, is one's internal family, or sub-personas. By learning how all the different parts of you function as one...
How Faith-Based Premarital Counseling Can Set Your Marriage Up for Success
Getting married is an important milestone, as it is the symbolic combing of two families into one. That said, simply finding the one you want to have and to hold does not mean that you'll never have any problems in your relationship. However, not all premarital...