PAS, Parent Alienation Syndrome is a condition that the residential parent operates from and may or may not be aware of. Most times they are not aware of it since it usually occurs in the personality of self centered individuals who feel entitled to their needs and wants being met, and in extreme cases such […]
Restructuring the Family
By Dana Greco,LCSW and Don Desroches When people get divorced there are often strong emotional feelings from the ending of their relationship. There are various reasons for this and it is extremely important for each of them to get past those feelings, forgive the other person and move on. They need to do this to […]
Domestic Violence
By Dana Greco,LCSW and Don Desroches David L. Fontes, Psy.D, in the article titled,”Men Don’t Tell” gives insight into several reasons. He writes: “When a man is a victim of his wife’s physical abuse he is both shamed by the assaults of his wife and shamed by society for not ‘controlling’ her better. Today, men […]
3 styles of parenting.
By Dana Greco,LCSW and Don Desroches Generally, there are three types parenting that we tend to exhibit with our kids. Depending on our own family of origin we have either taken on the style of our own parents or swung the other way. Much of what we see as parents today is a pendulum swing […]
Becoming more Independent
By Dana Greco,LCSW Recent statistics state that divorced women with children are four times more likely than married women to have an income that is under the poverty line. A single mom is nine times more likely than a married woman to have an income that is less than half the official poverty line. Although […]
Raising the Conciousness of Post-Divorce Parents
By Dana Greco,LCSW and Don Desroches So now you are divorced. You may have been divorced just recently or you may be divorced for several years. Now what? What does your life look like with children from the previous marriage and your ex? Is it what you imagined? Did you ever think how things would […]
Should Post Divorce Co parenting training be mandatory?
New York, February 28th, 2011 By Dana Greco,LCSW and Don Desroches When parents get divorced or separated, there is a tremendous amount of strain put on their new relationship and many times this becomes extremely difficult to handle. In turn, the focus on the children’s mental and emotional health is greatly diminished. That’s why it […]
Child Support Injustices
I want you to picture yourself in this scenario: Your spouse decides one day that he/she does not want to be married to you anymore, sues you in court, gets your child or children full time and you get to see them every other week for a few hours. How does this make you feel? […]
the Mind of an Abuser
Well, it’s not like it was a surprise that the Cruise-Holmes union is finally over. The real question is, what took her so long? Although I don’t live with them and share their private moments not that I would want to , but as a divorce mediator and family counselor I cringe whenever I see […]
“New Beginnings” Radio Show
“New Beginnings” Radio Show airing every Mondays from 10am to 11am starting September 10th 2012 on www.talkingalternative.com Tweet
