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Couple Counseling? Maybe in time….

Gary Direnfeld

I recently declined two requests for couple counseling. Couple counseling can be an intense setting where issues are laid bare. Interestingly, in both cases the callers were prepared to continue with couple counseling despite their disclosures of untoward behavior. This is where the therapist must make a decision.

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How to Choose a Therapist: Tips and Fits

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“Therapy” is often used interchangeably with the terms “counseling” and “psychotherapy.” In this article, we’ll discuss how to choose the right therapist for you. What areas do counseling and therapy address? Counseling and psychotherapy are used with virtually all types of mental illness including: . Eating disorders.

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About That Referral, It’s OK to Think Twice

Gary Direnfeld

The person seeking to make the referral explained that the person always thinks they know more than the therapist. As a therapist It is important to know one’s own limits and demonstrate boundaries. Even for therapists. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support.

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Helping Your Child Between Separated Parents Starts with the Parents

Gary Direnfeld

I have mentioned many times to be cautious about seeking counseling for a child whose parents are separated and where one puts the child in the middle and says inappropriate things about the other parent. Placing that child in counseling may make matters worse. Counseling? You first in these situations.

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When The Trauma is Extreme

Gary Direnfeld

She said that previous therapists had said her background was the most extreme they have ever heard. Hearing that, my concern was that she worried about overwhelming the therapists. Sometimes therapists do get overwhelmed by the stories told to us by the folks we serve. I don’t know. They may have been. Vicarious trauma.

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Does Your Child have GAD?

Gary Direnfeld

The child had only seen individual therapists, none of whom knew of the parent’s own anxiety related to childhood experiences. It was only when the new therapist insisted on meeting with the parents first did the one parent’s issue with anxiety related to their past, emerge. That is the nature of GAD.

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When Little Ones Play Dress-Up

Gary Direnfeld

Hopefully they (the parents) can meet with a therapist to come to understand child development and that gender is expressed on a continuum, that their child will be best served by allowing the child to be their authentic self. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.