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8 Ways to Foster Admiration and Friendship With Your Partner

8 Ways to Foster Admiration and Friendship With Your Partner

By Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW  While every relationship is unique, clients often ask me to explain the qualities that make a relationship last. My response is usually that it’s defined by admiration and friendship. To admire someone means that you approve of the way...

Putting An End to the Cycle of Shame After Divorce

Putting An End to the Cycle of Shame After Divorce

By Terry Gaspard, LICSW Sitting on the couch in my office, Alicia looks pensive as she says, “I grew up feeling ashamed of my parents’ divorce and somehow believed I caused it because I wasn’t a good enough kid. Plus, my mom would often tell me that I reminded her of...

How to Overcome Fear of Abandonment

How to Overcome Fear of Abandonment

By Terry Gaspard, LICSW Suzanne, 35, sat on the couch in my office and described her fear of being left by her partner, Devon, age 38. Although they’ve been together for five years (and lived together four years) she continues to feel insecure in their relationship....

About Terry

I am Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW, a licensed clinical social worker with extensive experience in counseling and writing. The topic of Moving Past Divorce is a personal one for me – divorce goes back several generations in my family.

“Moving Past Divorce is a great resource for individuals dealing with divorce and daughters of divorce to restore their faith in love.”

“Parental divorce approximately doubled the odds that offspring would see their own marriage end in divorce.” – Paul Amato

“Trust and intimacy are not my strong suits. I hope that my marriage will be nothing like my parents.”