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Do I Stay or Do I Go? The Divorce Decision

Wednesday May 24, 2023   6:30-8:00 pm  

900 American Blvd East Bloomington MN

How do you decide to end your relationship? How much trying is enough? Is it possible to know for sure? To not feel guilty? What steps do you take getting started? 

The decision to end your relationship is always complicated. Sometimes we are staying for all the wrong reasons and sometimes we are staying for now.

No one can answer that question for you but I’ve pulled together some research and some discussion points on making a decision that is best for you and your family. 

Both as a psychologist and a family mediator, I am committed to helping families find creative, healthy solutions to life transitions.  Let’s do some brainstorming. 

 

I am available for community trainings and speaking engagements. These are presentations I could offer. 

Amazing Marriage 101

My Most Popular Class- This is a 90-minute workshop for anyone who’s in a committed relationship. It’s especially helpful for couples who are parenting young children — a rewarding task, of course, but also one that really takes it toll on a relationship.

The research confirms that marital satisfaction takes a hit when the kids are little. It’s a tough time for family balance and often our marriages can end up on the back burner. What does it take to create an amazing marriage?

Come check out this positive, entertaining look at what makes marriage tick. This one will really help you figure out what’s normal and what you can aim for in a marriage+kids.

Stop Yelling! (Begging, threatening and flipping out too)

Are you frustrated with yourself for losing it with the kids? Do you have visions of being serene and calm but instead end up grumpy or frustrated…every day?  Do you feel like your kids are numb to you yelling or don’t listen until you do? Does your partner keep giving you “the look” because you overreacted…again?

Many of us are committed to positive parenting in theory but the practice of it is more challenging than we ever imagined.

Heal Your Birth Story

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This workshop is designed to support mothers who have experienced a difficult birth or feel they have experienced birth trauma or have struggled to resolve their experience of birth.

This is a safe space for women to share and heal, while learning about trauma and new coping skills.The workshop will include time for reflection, discussion and other exercises led by a psychologist and survivor. Leave feeling supported, empowered and more at peace with your birth.

“Connecting with other women and realizing that I wasn’t alone was very healing for me. This workshop created a safe space for me to say some things that I was afraid to say. Also, allowing me to hear the experience of others and being able to share my experience was a step toward letting go of some of the pain around my first birth.” Aileen Larson

New Year’s Marriage Boost 

What’s ahead for your family and your relationships?

New Year’s is a great time to refocus on creating the relationship you desire. Take an evening and create a plan for you as a couple and as a family. Whether it is money or exercise or parenting, create a plan that deepens your support of each other. The two of you together are stronger when you work together.  Goal setting is powerful and it can be fun. Let’s celebrate together. We’ll work through some goal setting tools but compared to my other workshops, this one gives you a lot more time to talk.

Whatever Happened to the Girlfriend I Used to Be?

It used to be so much easier. With kids, long term relationships, aging and the #metoo movement many women struggle with their sex drive, their wants, the needs of their relationship, the needs of their partner.   This workshop provides a safe, open place to learn to reclaim and redefine your own sexuality through life’s changes.

Coaching Good Sibling Relationships 

Are your kids’ bickering making you blow your stack? What are you supposed to do when your kids fight? How serious is it? How do you avoid making it worse?

Strong sibling relationships can be supported by our parenting or we can simply add fuel to the fire.

Whether they are still little or you are worried that it is too late, come get some great skills, and a fresh perspective on parenting your kids to live together respectfully.

Positive Parenting for a Happy Family

Discover how to use “The Force” of relationship and connection rather than getting pulled into “The Dark Side” of control and power. Get some new ideas about parenting and discipline that respect both your child’s needs and your own.

This class focuses on early childhood needs 3-9. We will look at our own stressors as parents, and develop options for increasing the level of cooperation and effectiveness without punishment or yelling (most of the time!).

Coaching Your Kids Through Big Feelings

Teaching and modeling emotional intelligence for our children can be even harder than dealing with behavior. As parents, we are often facing our own struggles with healthy emotional expression. Whether you struggle with anger or worries or don’t know what to do with temper tantrums, psychologist Maureen Campion offers some insight into the power and value of creating an emotionally responsive family.

This class focuses primarily on children 3-9