Posted on December 18, 2007 by Rod E. Smith, MSMFT
I ordered the book containing the 450 DifficultRelationships.com columns and - to my dismay - found numerous typos. PLEASE, if while reading a column on this website, you trip over a typo, please drop me a comment so I can fix it!
In the meantime I have decided that typos are like ZITS:
Seven things to know [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2007 by Rod E. Smith, MSMFT
Conditions under which counseling or therapy will be of most value….
1. Neither client nor therapist exaggerates therapist’s abilities or the client’s condition.
2. Therapist sees role as helping client steer toward a more productive, healthy future.
3. Client sees the “big picture” over the “long haul” rather immediate relief in the “here and now.” (Patience, patience, patience).
4. [...]
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Posted on July 29, 2006 by Rod E. Smith, MSMFT
The Adult Task
(Interested readers would do well to read Murray Bowen, Rabbi Ed Friedman and David Schnarch on this topic. The phrase was coined by Marray Bowen. Google their names and their works will be referenced. David Schnarch’s book called PASSIONATE MARRIAGE is perhaps the finest book on relationships available and should have a [...]
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Posted on February 3, 2006 by Rod E. Smith, MSMFT
Reader writes: My wife complains when I want sex. When we do have sex she just doesn’t really get involved and says it is all to keep me quiet. I have never been unfaithful and I don’t ever want to be.
Response: There are no easy answers to this deep human issue. You might begin [...]
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