May 2010
4 posts
Welcome
Are you struggling with issues, that despite your efforts, do not seem to improve?
Is the communication problem with your significant other becoming impossible to ignore?
Is your child acting out at home or in school resulting in a great amount of tension and frustration in your family?
Sometimes we need help understanding the cause of these problems and why our negative patterns persist....
Marriage and Family Therapy: What is it and is it...
Marriage and family therapy is:
brief (12 sessions on average)
solution-focused
specific, with attainable therapeutic goals
designed with the end in mind
Research studies show that clients are highly satisfied with services of Marriage and Family Therapists. Clients report marked improvement in work productivity, co-worker relationships, family relationships, partner relationships,...
Is Marriage Still Good for Your Health?
A recent article by Tara Parker-Pope with the New York Times took a closer look at what scientists have consistently found to hold true after decades of research: the fact that married people, on average, appear to be healthier and live longer than unmarried people. But with more and more couples choosing to co-habitate longer and forgo that walk down the aisle, how does their health ultimately...
A Magic Pill for Desire?
In the June edition o f Psychology Today magazine, an article titled “Learning to Lust” by Catherine Elton caught my eye. In it, she discusses the differences in the libidos of men and women and how creating an equivalent drug like Viagra for women may not be the answer. Elton found that “in women, desire is more a matter of mind than mechanics and seems to be more affected by partner...
January 2010
1 post
About Me
Shrein is a Marriage and Family Therapist Registered Intern with the state of California
She receives expert supervision and guidance from Barbara Gabriel, MFT (LIC 32159)
She received her Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin Madison
She is a member of the...