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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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Top 5 marriage / relationship articles by your local Marin Marriage and Family Therapist

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and the San Francisco Marriage and Relationships Examiner, I've been writing this column for about a...
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Relationships 101: Just say "no" to the blame game

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Are you a blamer? Are you in a relationship where there's a lot of blaming? If so, you're not alone. It's so much easier for us to point the...
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Top 5 relationship posts from your marriage and relationships examiner

Looking for quick tips about how to improve your relationship? Let me help you by giving you my personal "top 5" relationship posts to...
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Tips for managing situational stress in relationships

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The following are excellent relationship tips by Jessica Thomas, a Marriage and Family Therapist in San Diego, California, reprinted with permission....
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Ask the therapist - couples communication problems

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Dear Lisa,I've been dating J for 1 1/2 years. We recently moved in together, I'm 27 and he's 31.We've had a few issues over the past 6 months, mostly...
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5 Couples Communication Tips to Improve Your Relationship

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As cliche as it may sound, good communication is truly imperative for a healthy, happy relationship. Without it, a whole slew of problems can...
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Using a time-out in an argument

Many couples get pretty heated when arguing. There's a difference between passionately debating your point and doing damage to the other which can...
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Resentment in relationships

Most people are pretty clear that marriages and relationships can benefit from good communication skills. But do you know the biggest problem related...
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5 signs you don't fight fair

Conflict is a part of life - and often time relationships. The question is how you manage conflict with your partner - and whether you're successful...
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Emotional intelligence - part 6

(Continued from Emotional Intelligence - part 5)Five Tools to Become More Emotionally Intelligent in Your Relationships: As stated previously, the...
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