Counseling and Therapy for Singles

• Pressure to marry
• Anxiety that one will never find a good partner
• Singles scene and dating stress
• Biological clock pressure
• Single parenting

Dating, Living Together, Pre-Marriage Counseling

• We don’t communicate well, our fights are unproductive or we fight too much
• Whether to marry at all
• Are we really right for each other?
• Do we know each other well enough?
• Parents or friends don’t approve
• Age differences
• Socio-economic class or educational level differences
• Disagreements over money
• Life style issues
• Values differences
• Long distance relationship
• Not sure I am, or we are ready
• Trust (e.g.one of us flirts too much or had an affair)
• Cultural, ethnic, racial or religious differences

Young Couples Counseling

• Frequent or serious fighting
• Questioning the decision to marry
• When or whether to have children
• Issues with parents, friends or in-laws
• Different races or religions
• Different social class or ethnicity
• Disagreements over finances
• Affairs and outside attractions

Second Marriages / Re-marriages

• Blending families or incorporating new members
• Divided loyalties
• Step-parenting
• Disapproving or angry children

Long-term Marriages and Relationship Counseling

• Problems with teenage or adult children
• Launching and the college years
• Parental care-giving responsibilities
• I’ve changed/or grown and he (or she) hasn’t
• Sexual difficulties
• Infidelity

For more information about the services I provide, feel free to give me a call at 917-494-9600 .

Separation and Divorce Counseling

• A last chance to make it work
• Questioning the original decision to marry
• Helping a reluctant partner accept the other's decision
• Planning Separation or Divorce
• Helping children through the process
• Agreeing on Terms
• Seeking Legal Advice, how to choose an attorney

Family Counseling

• Family relationship cutoffs – whether and how to reconcile
• Adult children and their parents
• Career versus family responsibilities
• Chronic Illness and care giving
• Sibling clashes and rivalry
• Family business issues
• Problems with children of all ages

Career and Educational Counseling

• Discovering your first or second career passion
• Developing a career direction or redirection
• Balancing home and work
• Mistreatment or bullying at work
• Whether and how to take a stand with someone at work
• Negotiating a raise
• How to get a promotion
• When to switch jobs
• When or how or if it is possible to change careers
• When or how to retire
• Semi-retirement and retirement issues

End of Life Counseling

• Terminal illness
• Making peace with your relationships, work, and your life
• Decision making around wills and estates
• Loss and grief