Year: 2011
Please join me on Wednesday, June 8th at the Cade Foundation Family Building Seminar in Landover, Md. I will be leading a break-out session titled, “Overcoming the Emotional Stress Associated with Infertility and Childlessness.” The panel presentation before my session includes a full range of experts on medical treatment, adoption, and mental health.
READ ARTICLEDoes the sound of fingernails on a blackboard make you shudder? Imagine if other experiences gave you the same feeling – bright lights, a scratchy shirt tag, the feeling of a fan blowing on your face. For those with Sensory Processing Disorders (SPDs), everyday sensations can be difficult to manage. Individuals with an SPD might […]
READ ARTICLELena Aburdene can be a little impatient with the slow pace of the therapeutic process. As a new counselor at PC&CC/The Imago Center, she admits that her strong desire to help others causes her to want to help solve problems right away. “Sometimes that’s just not possible,” she explains. “Counseling can be a long journey […]
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Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are excellent instruments to establish connection. Yet they can be a source of disconnect and rupture for committed relationships, because they offer an opportunity to reconnect with old infatuations. Social networking may make it easy to meet people with similar interests, particularly when you are feeling disconnected from […]
READ ARTICLEI really enjoyed this video of two Imago therapists discussing why people cheat in relationships: Why Arnold Schwarzenegger Cheated On Maria Shriver I think the headline is a bit disingenous, but then again, it gets people to watch it, so I suppose it’s doing the job?
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I was recently interviewed about Sean Penn and May-December relationships for Yahoo News: The May-December romance between 50-year-old Sean Penn and 26-year-old Scarlett Johansson serves as a symbol of what most relationships experience. “People play roles in relationships. These behaviors are childhood roles that served as coping mechanisms growing up, but don’t serve adults well. […]
READ ARTICLEDr. Harville Hendrix, author of Getting the Love You Want and the founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, was again featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday, May 13 in a show titled “The Oprah Show’s Greatest Lessons.” When Dr. Hendrix first appeared on Oprah’s show in 1993, Oprah said she had “aha moment” that […]
READ ARTICLEAre you a supervisor, leader, or teacher looking for a more conscious way to facilitate groups? Do you want to learn a dynamic way of improving your consulting abilities? The Imago-based Communologue process may be just what you’re looking for. PC&CC/The Imago Center is sponsoring a two-day Communologue training with world-renowned Imago therapist Orli Wahrman […]
READ ARTICLEI’ve been co-leading a group for young adults struggling with quarterlife crises for over two years now. With time I’ve become more sure in my belief that young professionals today face issues that previous generations did not face at a similar age. Young adults today are marrying later, living at home longer, making less money, […]
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It is human nature to want companionship. In every culture throughout the world it is the norm to seek companionship, get married and pro-create. For generation after generation it has been a part of who we are to seek a partner in life. It is more than just a societal pressure. It is part of […]
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