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What’s Better than 12 Drummers Drumming?

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What’s Better than 12 Drummers Drumming?

I was rereading my seasonal blog post from this time last year to prepare for writing this, and I think a lot of the points still hold up: please check it out if you, like myself, are one of the many who find that trying to make the holidays 100 percent happy ends up making […]

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How to spice up your sex life

We see couples who are fighting or disconnected. This affects their sex life. Decreased sexual interactions, decreased libido or no sex occurs. As couples work towards closeness, sometimes they also work on their sex lives. Below I are a few resources that I use with my clients. Not feeling close? Download the 36 questions app. […]

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Make Better Use of Time with Timeouts

Football season is in full swing and, even though rooting for DC dooms me to disappointment every year, it is one of my favorite sports to watch. Effective football strategy often reveals intrapsychic and interpersonal insight which is just as applicable off the field. One of the best examples of this insight is in the […]

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Changing Your Own Game

As complex beings, our cognitions, emotions, and perceptions stem from multiple sources. Our views of ourselves, how we see others, and our individual thought processes are based on experiences (to give us affirmations or challenge our way of thinking), how we were taught to process emotions (most of which is taught during childhood development), and […]

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Principles for Finding a Lost Partner

When my daughter was four, we got a pair of cute Minnie Mouse sunglasses in one of the Disney parks. Ten seconds later–I kid you not–she had lost them. We had crying, disappointment and lots of frustration. I love Disney but it is notorious for being a place where things get lost. As an example, […]

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What’s Up, Docs?

Myriad variables impact how a couple or individual shows up in therapy. These include demographic pieces, such as age, race, religion, ethnicity, cultural background, immigration history, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or gender identification. Other variables have to do with personal and familial history, such as where a person grew up, how often they moved, their […]

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Self-Care: What Is It and How Is It Done?

Individual Therapy Bethesda, MD “Self-care” has taken on serious “buzz-word” status over the past few years. News and magazine articles, pop psychology websites, and self-help books almost always give it a nod, being sure to emphasize how important it is to living a healthy and balanced life. With so much coverage from so many different angles, […]

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It’s Time to Stop Chasing the Red Herring(s)

It seems as though with each passing year, the world gets busier and busier. New apps abound, “fresh” TV content is always available, and then there’s the crazy-making political landscape, which can be wholly consuming. This is all in addition to the nuances of daily life, which might include work and/or school obligations, meal preparation, […]

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Nobody told you that kids were bad for marriages

Family Therapy Bethesda MD In 2014 I wrote a blog post that talked about how kids were bad for my marriage. You can read it in here: https://www.jaxmomsblog.com/parenting-wisdom/nobody-told-kids-bad-marriage/ I still get calls from people stating… “we had a great marriage, then we had our child and I don’t know what happened! We fight, we feel […]

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