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By Darlene Lancer Empathy is essential for satisfying relationships. Understanding the different types of empathy, building our empathy, and learning to relate to others can help us identify toxic dynamics, be effective communicators, and transform our relationships....
By Terry Gaspard MSW, LICSW You will disagree with your partner, that’s a given. But it’s not arguing with your partner that’s the problem, it’s how your differences are managed. Spending more time listening than talking in conversations with him or her is a good...
Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW For a relationship to be balanced, partners must be able to love and trust themselves first. They must feel they are needed and appreciated for support they give. If you have been let down in the past, the prospect of needing someone can be...
By Darlene Lancer, JD, LMFT Relationships offer a path to heal our trauma through divine alchemy. Alchemy is the ancient mystical art of transmuting base metals into gold, and is a metaphor for intimate relationships. Divine alchemy refers to the transformation of...
By Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW While a second (or third) marriage can be exhilarating and seen as a second chance at happiness, it’s important to prepare for the challenges if you want to be successful. Blending children and/or family members coming from two different...
Terry Gaspard MSW, LICSW One of the frequent questions that divorced clients ask me is “What is the right time to introduce my new love interest to my child after my divorce? First of all, I would take it slow when dating after divorce and not introduce your love...
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...
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...
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....
By Terry Gaspard, LICSW In the beginning of their relationship, Kate, 42, and Evan, 44, were so elated to have discovered each other that they focused more on their similarities than differences. They fell wildly in love, got married quickly, and never discussed their...
Daughters of Divorce
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