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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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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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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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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 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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Grief and Loss - the best and worst things to say to someone who is grieving

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Many people struggle with finding the words to soothe a grieving person. The topics of "death" and "dying" bring up a lot for...
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Healthy boundaries: when is it time to ditch a friend?

True friendships with staying power are typically the ones where both parties get something out of the relationship. The problem is, a lot of people...
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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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3 reasons why being single rocks

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As fulfilling as a loving, healthy relationship can be, there are some pretty nice things about flying solo. For those who are lamenting their...
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