Understanding the Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control

Approximately 1 in 4 adult women and 1 in 7 adult men report having experienced severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Asking for Forgiveness

This is an important time of year for the Jewish people. It’s our New Year and a time when we look back and take ownership of our behaviors, with honesty...

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Highlighting Our Clients’ Resiliency

Everyone faces adversity at some point in their lives. Sometimes it feels like a bump in the road and sometimes it feels like we are forced to climb Mount Everest...

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Staying Sensitive to Cultural Differences

As I travel with my family through Italy, this trip abroad continues to highlight the importance of being sensitive to cultural differences. It’s amazing (and a little embarrassing) how we...

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Helping a Partner Who Engages in Self-Destructive Behaviors

As Valentine’s Day approaches couples become more mindful of the ways in which they can show their love through caring gestures and gifts. Flowers, cards, candy, and jewelry often communicate...

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It’s So Easy to Blame the Victims

I have to be totally honest- when I heard about Janay Rice’s decision to stay with and marry Ray Rice, after being brutally knocked unconscious by him and then dragged...

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Connecting to and Honoring the Past

If you’ve listened to any of my radio shows or read some of my newsletters, you know that I have an incredible grandmother who has always been a special source...

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Acts of Kindness That Heal the World

My husband shared this remarkable story with me, and I wanted to pass it on to all of you. One of his employees, we’ll call her Sally, was shopping in...

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Speaking up About Bullying

Jonathan Martin is a 312 pound, 6’5” tackler for the Miami Dolphins. And yet he was relentlessly subjected to bullying that included racial slurs, intense verbal abuse, harassment, threats against...

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Men and Shame

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA Working with shame is one of the most important emotions to process in therapy. So many presenting problems have an additional underlying layer of shame...

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