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Mental Health Resources in Washington – 2024
Mental Health Resources in Washington – 2024 Basic Information: Mental Health vs Mental Illness: Mental health refers to one’s emotional and psychological well-being, while mental illness refers to a condition that persistently affects one’s behavior or mood. More information about mental illness can be found at: https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions. While everyone is
What is Discernment Therapy
Divorce Indecisiveness:
Providing Clarity to Make A Decision
A couple sat down for a free consultation for mediating their divorce.
“We are not sure we want this” said the Husband, “but we tried marital therapy, and it didn’t work.”
Marital Mediation: Helping Couples Stay Married
Marriage is a constantly evolving relationship. Common stresses to the relationship such as children, elder care, finances, job loss, infidelity, career goals and even division of chores can cause conflict in a marriage. Marital Mediation offers couples the opportunity to work through the problems and create solutions.
The Impact of Shared Parenting on Children
A number of studies have not found consistently significant differences in child adjustment based on the type of custody arrangement.
Supporting Families Through Divorce: The Roles Mental Health Professionals Play
Most divorces begin with a level of moderate to high conflict. Within the first year most parents settle into cooperative or parallel co-parenting arrangements. Yet, there is a significant percentage of divorcing parents where hostility and disputes about childrearing continue long after the divorce. Today most professionals involved in the divorce process believe that the adversarial nature of traditional legal action increases parental conflict and increases the probability that the family will suffer more emotional and financial damage during the course of obtaining a no-fault divorce.
Helping Children Heal From Divorce
Ordinarily, children use their parents as a social reference for what is safe and trustworthy. However, when parents are in the process of divorce or separation, children face the profound dilemma of making sense out of vastly contradictory views communicated by the hostility, fear, and distrust between their parents. Unless their parents are able to find common ground to explain the end of the family life the child has grown to love, they have to figure out for themself, why it happened, what it means, and who can be trusted. A daunting task for a child.