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COVID-19 and Infertility: When Your Plans Are Put on Hold
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, all “non-essential” activities and businesses were closed, and non-emergency medical services were suspended. While for some people this shut-down was nothing more than an inconvenience, for others it was devastating – including infertile … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19, fertility treatment, infertility
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Rebuilding Your Life after Coronavirus
As the coronavirus case curves continue to flatten and decline, restrictions placed on our lives are beginning to ease. While we will still need to be careful for quite some time, the small steps toward the freedom we once enjoyed … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety
Tagged anxiety, coronavirus, COVID-19, quarantine
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Is a Fertility Support Group Right for You?
I work with couples struggling with infertility. Sometimes they eventually conceive and a child is born and sometimes not. My goal is to help them remain emotionally healthy as individuals and grow closer as a couple through the process of … Continue reading
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Tagged fertility support group, infertility, infertility support group
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How to Work Out the Big Conflicts in Marriage
Every marriage has differences and conflicts because every marriage is made up of two people who have different backgrounds, perspectives, and personalities. It’s inevitable that you will disagree in some areas. Most couples can work through the small conflicts, but … Continue reading
Posted in Couples Therapy
Tagged marriage counseling, reconciliation, resolving conflict in marriage
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Top 5 Problems to Work on in Your Marriage
Top 5 Problems to Work on in Your Marriage If you got married expecting “happily ever after” without any effort on your part, you’ve probably discovered by now that it doesn’t work that way. Having a healthy marriage takes a … Continue reading
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Causes of Depression
Depression is a complex illness that is often caused by multiple factors. As a counselor, it is important to explore the underlying causes of the depression my clients are experiencing, in order to develop a treatment plan that will be … Continue reading
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Relaxing into Infertility
Probably every infertile couple has heard it: “Relax! Stress causes infertility.” These words can be very painful to couples who have struggled with infertility for a long time. Still, the advice is good for a different reason—struggling with infertility can … Continue reading
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Tagged coping with infertility, infertility, stress and infertility
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Does a Marriage Counselor Ever Recommend Divorce?
As a couples therapist, my goal is to help couples who experience difficulty in their relationships take personal responsibility for who they are and how each contributes to the relationship. This also means they must be personally responsible for the … Continue reading
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My In-Laws Are Ruining My Marriage!
It is often said that when you marry, you marry your spouse’s family and this feels very unnerving when you have a problematic relationship with your in-laws. It is important that your in-laws know that you, as a married couple, … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Relationships
Tagged in-laws, meddling in-laws, setting boundaries
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