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Conflict with Your Teen?

Gary Direnfeld

The relationship facilitates communication. Communication facilitates problem solving. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. When things are going sideways, then it’s up to you to make them feel safe. Feeling safe facilitates connecting.

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Rebuilding After an Affair?

Gary Direnfeld

That means your partner must have full access to your phone, devices, and all means of communication. When trust is in place, it’s less that we ever look into the communications of the other and more the knowledge that it just isn’t an issue. Trust is an outcome of trustworthy behavior over time. How long should this last?

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The Difficult Conversation Starter

Gary Direnfeld

That is known as meta-communicating. You communicate about the need to communicate. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. Those difficult conversations are important to have. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

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Counseling? His Turn, Her Turn

Gary Direnfeld

With that she would learn to calm herself, process her feelings and learn better communication skills too. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. She didn’t realize those feelings were about her and her background, not him.

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That Conversation… It may Be Time

Gary Direnfeld

Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

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Couple Counseling? Maybe in time….

Gary Direnfeld

If the one who has been violent and/or controlling refuses to attend or afterwards refuses to allow communication between their partner and therapist to review progress, those are red flags. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress.

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Think Beyond Counseling for Your Teen

Gary Direnfeld

Structural supports include the parents maintaining good communication as well as maintaining expectations and limits. Those structural supports can also include good relationships by teachers, coaches, religious leaders and other folks in that teens orbit and community. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.