Someone brought this website to my attention, where I was named one of the "Best Marriage Counselors" in Long Beach 4 years in a row. I could not have the thriving private practice that I have if it weren't for my clients who are willing to...
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Finding A Gay Friendly Therapist In Long Beach For My Teenager Despite rapidly growing cultural acceptance of diverse sexual and romantic orientations and gender identifications, oppression, discrimination, and marginalization of LGBTQ people...
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Can My Relationship Survive Infidelity? When you marry, you enter into a contract that comes with a strict set of rules. There are a few that will be broken without much damage to your union, but for most couples, infidelity is the breach of...
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Does Going To Therapy Mean I Have To Talk About My Mother and My Childhood? Not usually. People often get the wrong idea of what therapy is. If you come in for a relationship issue or problem at work, I do not automatically jump into your...
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How Do I Get My Kid To Calm Down? Having them take 10 deep breaths can be very helpful, although most kids don’t know how to take a deep breath. Here are two ways to teach them: 1. This one is better for younger kids. Ask them what their...
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How Do I Get My Kids To Talk To Me? Here is a feelings chart that I often use with kids to start talking about feelings. You can incorporate it into a game and ask them to tell a time they felt that feeling. On your turn, you will do the...
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How Do I Handle My Partner Who Is Abusing Drugs or Alcohol? Many people come into therapy because their partner is drinking too much and/or using drugs. The main thing to remember is that there is nothing that you can do to change the...
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Top Reasons People Look For A Gay Friendly Therapist in Long Beach Are you gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender person or questioning? I have been working in our community providing mental health therapy for the issues that are specific to the gay...
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Congratulations to Caitlin Jenner I am so proud of Caitlin Jenner and so proud of our country as we begin to turn a corner in acceptance. Even so, we have to remember that it is only July 2015, and already this year (in 2015 alone) 14 transgender...
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What are “I Statements” When people are having intense feelings of frustration, anger, and sadness, they tend to want to tell the other person what the other person is doing wrong. My suggestion is to talk from the heart. Talk about...
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