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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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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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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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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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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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Therapy horror stories

Have you had an awful experience with a therapist? I want to hear from you. Did your therapist pull out their sandwich and start chomping on it?...
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Core beliefs, relationships and your emotional life

We develop our belief systems very early on in life - how we relate to ourselves, others and the world. Negative or unhelpful core beliefs not only...
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Impacted by the past? 5 steps to identify your unhelpful belief systems

Do you struggle with anger, depression or anxiety and have the sense that it might have roots somewhere in your past? Trust your instincts. There's...
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Has your therapist had their own therapy?

There are a lot of aspects to finding an individual or relationship therapist. Everyone has a different priority list ranging from cost, location,...
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