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6 Ways To Let Go Of A Grudge Toward Your Ex-Spouse
By Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW One of the biggest problems with ongoing resentment in post-divorce relationships is that it often leads to withdrawal and poor communication. And if you’re bottling up feelings of anger, sadness, or disappointment often, this can lead to...
The Beauty In Letting Go
By Stephanie March Sometimes what is broken can’t be fixed in a relationship. The papers might say the couple is married but their hearts say otherwise. Yet some hold on for years, despite the misery they experience, hoping to get back what was once there. In the...
Want To Save Your Marriage? These Are The Steps You Need to Take
Perhaps your partner has uttered the dreaded words, “I want to leave,” causing your stomach to plummet in fear. Or there has been infidelity and your marriage shattered into a thousand shards in front of your eyes. Or maybe it’s subtler, a slow leak of the life-force...
Divorced Parents: Don’t Let Your Children Start Parenting You!
By Rosalind Sedacca, CCT Children who experience their parents’ divorce are helpless to change the circumstances. But they often try. They want to do something to “fix” the situation, but they haven’t a clue how. Sometimes they create solutions that make sense in...
Should You Let Your Child Decide Where To Live After Divorce?
By Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW In divorced and remarried families, there are often a lot of challenges and rivalries that may prompt a child to want to change residences. Many of my divorced clients ask me if they should allow their children to pick their residence....
8 Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Relationships
By Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW Dear Terry, I’ve been feeling very discouraged about my ability to keep a relationship together and notice that all of mine end badly. I’ve recently started counseling and my therapist recommended that I begin to look at my own behaviors...
10 Ways To Keep Your (Re) Marriage Alive And Well!
By Vicki L. Shemin, JD, LICSW, ACSW As a divorce attorney and therapist who has been in the field for over 35 years (not to mention a Mom who was divorced after 19 years of marriage and who is now remarried), I would love to offer the following tried, true and proven...
6 Tips To Help You Cope With Being A New Stepparent
By Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW When you remarry into a family with children, bring your own children, and/or have a child with your new partner, the challenges can be overwhelming. If you are unaware of typical family dynamics and issues that may arise in a stepfamily...
5 Tips to Help Your Children Thrive After Divorce
By Rosalind Sedacca, CCT Communication with our children is always important, but never as essential as when they are impacted by separation or divorce. Children are vulnerable and easily frightened by changes in their routines. The more you talk to and comfort them,...
4 Ways To Achieve Emotional Health in Your Divorce
by Jason Levoy When you hear the word “Divorce” what is the first thing that comes to mind? Court, contentious, long, expensive? I bet your list could be much longer, but you get the point. Divorce is often accompanied by negative imagery and energy, but it doesn’t...
