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Lisa Brookes Kift is a psychotherapist and author of The Premarital Counseling Workbook for Couples and The Marriage Refresher Course for Couples. She is passionate about helping people have more satisfying lives and relationships via her writing and therapy practice located in San Rafael, Marin County - MarinTherapyandCounseling.com. Lisa is happily married, has a precocious young son and never ceases to be amazed by all of the beauty that surrounds her in San Francisco and the North Bay.

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How to handle the turkey (not the bird) at the Thanksgiving table

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Are you hosting a Thanksgiving meal and are nervous about what the "turkey" in your family might do to spoil the day? Or are you bringing...
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3 Signs Your Marriage is in Trouble

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Most people don't get married thinking they're going to divorce. They think, "It won't happen to us." The reality is that...
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Neuroscience and Relationships

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What does the brain have to do with how we "do" relationships? A lot. What does adult attachment style have to do with the level of...
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To the parents of Balloon Boy,

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I was one of the millions who worried about your son as cameras were trained on your silver home-made balloon as it drifted across Colorado. I was...
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What's Your Relationship Attachment Style?

Do you engage in healthy intimate relationships? Or do you find yourself struggling with issues blocking this? How you "do" relationships...
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Are you out of control with your need for control?

Get a grip, will ya? Or perhaps you should loosen it. People who engage in a controlling pattern of operating in the world may appear to have it...
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Love Secrets: Ladies, check out this upcoming class series in Marin

Many of my psychotherapy clients have been women looking for help with self esteem issues. There are a number of ways to go about this type of work...
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Free yourself from unhealthy relationship patterns

Are you trapped in a pattern of unhealthy relationships? I've seen countless people in my psychotherapy practice who have just gotten out of terrible...
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3 tips to emotionally survive a divorce

Going through a divorce can be one of the most painful experiences in a person's life. Some people truly feel knocked to their knees as they navigate...
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3 tips to get the most out of couples counseling

There's no doubt that couples counseling can help marriages and relationships improve in numerous ways; from better communication, decreased...
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