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Money Through The Ages: Changing Our Generational Views

Mary Lambrecht, M.S. LMFT

Our generational family history can influence our current views on money for ourselves and for our families. This...

Turning Financial Stress into an Opportunity for Growth and Attachment in Marriage

Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW

Many couples experience financial stress at some point in their marriage. However uncomfortable that stress may be...

Tips for Talking About Finances

Talking about money can lead to conflict, but research shows that having a plan on how to handle disagreements leads...

Entitlement, Money and Families

Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC

This article describes what entitlement means and how families send messages to their children about money and...

Women and Money

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

More and more women are coming into their own sense of money, what it means to them and how to manage their funds...

Working with Your Child's Temperament

Christine Vander Wielen, M.S.W., LCSW

This article accompanies Christine Vander Wielen and Lynda Savage's five part radio series "Working with Your...

Teens and Media Violence

This article describes how television, video games, and film violence affects teens, how parents can help protect...

I have a WHAT?

As the Nationwide Insurance commercial proclaims, "Life comes at you fast," parents can find themselves...

The Push/Pull of Adolescence

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

Adolescence is often been described as a second toddlerhood. Parents of adolescents often express to me the...

To Rescue or Not, That is the Question

Suzan Myhre, M.S.S.W., LICSW, LPC

This article explores ways in which parents rescue their adolescent children and ways to weigh the decision whether...

Denial of Belonging #3091

Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC

People cut other people off emotionally sometimes with no thought or care. This causes serious pain in others...

God's Timing In Communication #3089

Lynda Savage, M.S., LMFT, LPC

There are many types of communication that take place in any given day. Explored here is the importance of God's...

Hagar's Double-Bind #3072

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

Hagar was a good servant who became entwined in intense power struggles in Abraham's family. This program discusses...

Living Peaceably #2 of 2, #3013

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

Living peaceably may not mean finding solutions as much as managing differences that exist between two people.

Living Peaceably #1 of 2, #3009

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

Living peaceably may not mean finding solutions as much as managing the differences that are between two people.

Attachment With God and Others #5 of 5, #3005

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

The final in a series of programs on attachment, we cover what happens when the development of attachment is allowed...

Attachment With God and Others #4 of 5, #3004

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

There are specific steps in developing an attachment with another individual. How this process looks and responding...

Attachment With God and Others #3 of 5, #3003

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

There are specific steps in developing an attachment with another individual. How this process looks and responding...

Attachment With God and Others #2 of 5, #3002

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

There are specific steps in the development of attachment with another individual. How this looks and how to respond...

Attachment With God and Others #1 of 5, #3001

Brenda Spina, M.S., LMFT, LPC

There are specific steps in developing a sense of attachment with another individual. How this looks and how to...