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Author: Lauren Trecosta
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Total Articles: 13 |
Total Views: 13273
City: burke |
State: va
About Me: Lauren Trecosta, LPC is committed to helping
people manage, recover from, and move
beyond life’s toughest challenges. Have a
question for Lauren? Send her an email:
Lauren@CounselingBreakthrough.com |
Articles by Lauren Trecosta:
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Endless Chatting at Work - How Can I Make It Stop
It is easiest and most effective to express yourself in a kind and clear manner. Remember that your co-workers talk to you because they have the understanding that it is okay. They have no way of knowing that you are having a hard time getting your work done -- unless you tell them.
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Relationships
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Elderly Parents -- Conflicts and Communication
Ironically, one of the best ways to be heard is to talk less and listen more. You would be surprised at how willing another person is to hear you (and even agree with you or concede) once they feel truly heard. To really hear someone, it is important to let go of your agenda.
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Relationships
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Effective Communication and Problem Solving
Ironically, one of the best ways to be heard is to talk less and listen more. You would be surprised at how willing another person is to hear you (and even agree with you or concede) once they feel truly heard. To really hear someone, it is important to let go of your agenda.
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Relationships
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Step-Parenting in a New Marriage
Blending parenting styles can be a challenging task, especially if one is joining a pre-existing family. Family dynamics, routines, and expectations are already in place. As the newest one to the family system, you can easily be perceived as the outsider messing up the family system because ... well, to a certain extent you are.
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Relationships
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Injured Son Leaves Mom Feeling Guilty
Unfortunately, sometimes we parents learn what to do and what not to do just as our children do: from experience. It is tempting to flail your head against the wall of mental anguish, tormenting yourself with what you could have and should have done. But it is unproductive.
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Women
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Business Owner Has No Personal Life
Many business owners find business ownership represents absolute freedom and absolute bondage: free to have you dream job, compelled to do it all the time.
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Careers
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My Business Failed. I'm So Ashamed!
In times like this, it is important to identify your support network. It may be a small circle at first as you feel embarrassed to share. Think of the one or two people, including and beyond your husband, in whom you can confide.
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Others
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Will Story Time Become a Real Sexual Adventure?
Effective communication happens in a trusting atmosphere. Your girlfriend would almost certainly need to feel trust that she can say no to your proposals, that you have a good idea of where/why these proposals are coming from, and that saying no would not lead you to resent or to act out in other ways.
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Relationships
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Communication in a Father-Daughter Relationship
Professional Counselor, Lauren Trecosta, assists a father in establishing open communication with his adult daughter.
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Relationships
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Relationships: Divorce and The Kids
Divorce is painful for parents and children. Lauren Trecosta offers tips to ease the pain.
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Relationships
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Infidelity: Signs and Strategies
Signs of infidelity can be frightening. Lauren Trecosta offers tips for deciphering the signs and dealing with the findings.
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Relationships
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Divorce and Parenting
Coordinating parenting is essential to caring for children in a divorcing family. One possible starting point is for the two of you to sit down and brainstorm about what it means to feel secure and loved as a child.
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Relationships
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Attracting the Wrong People
We can only speculate about what makes you attractive to people who are not good for you in relationships. We may have better success if we take a look at what makes you attracted to people who are not good for you in relationships.
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Relationships
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