Medication, Discernment Counseling, and Couples Therapy

Jon Kramer has been involved in a recent discussion with his AFTA colleagues about the culture of medication and “saving psychotherapy from the medication takeover.”  Regarding medication and couples therapy,  one of his Syracuse, NY thinkers, Dave Keith wrote, “medications are sometimes necessary, but rarely sufficient. Relationships are always necessary and sometime sufficient.”  Well put Dave!

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Woody Mosten’s Upcoming Training

Blog Post 1/22/16 This week we’d like to remind everyone about the Woody Mosten Training that’s coming up in a couple of weeks.  Co-sponsored by our friends from A Better Divorce collaborative practice group, participants will learn how to make their collaborative practice satisfying and profitable. The two-day event begins on Friday, Feb. 5th at 9:00am…

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Week Two of the New Year

We’re on week two of the new year and the office is now blooming with crimson and magenta orchids! Besides the Thriving Marriages workshop coming up in the spring, we have another one in the works called Survive to Thrive. In this one mental health, family law and financial professionals will provide support for participants…

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It’s a New Year!

We’re off to a new year and are happy to say that our clients have been blowing in, braving El Nino and making good use of the coat rack in the waiting room! The holiday chocolates have been gobbled up and the party supplies have been packed away until the next festive affair. Meanwhile, we…

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Jon Kramer Podcast – Talking Therapy

Jon Kramer, LCSW sits down to talk about using structural family therapy, why it works, how it works and why it’s important to keep people talking to each other. He also discusses his work with couples and the vital tool of paying attention to your shoes. Podcast Link: Jon Kramer – Talking Therapy

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Kimberly Davidson, Collaborative Center of Southern California

Helping Families with Kinder, Gentler Divorces
Easy Reader / Beach Magazine – October 8, 2015
By Robb Fulcher

Inspired by her own divorce experience, Kimberly Davidson has devoted herself to guiding families through kinder, gentler, courtroom-free divorces, designed to meet the needs of each spouse while protecting the interests of their children.

Davidson, based in the South Bay with clients in Los Angeles and Orange counties, eschews the courtroom entirely, serving as a neutral mediator in divorces, and guiding clients through “collaborative practice” divorces.

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