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Relationship Solutions
E-Newsletter
Table of Content
I.
Welcome from the Director--Cari L. Sans,
M.A., LMFT
II.
Announcement
III.
Healthy Relationship Tip
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Welcome
from the Director
Happy
New Year! Can you believe it is
2012? Sometimes I don’t know where
the time goes. I absolutely love
this time of year. I enjoy the idea
of creating a year of progression,
success, and good health. Did I get
it all? Are these the things we
want in the New Year? Since many of
us focus on a better year, I wanted
to add some tips this New Year to
help us fulfill desires /goals. It
certainly is one thing to want, but
another to get. Let’s focus this
year on DOING, so that we get!
I
thought I would start by getting you
into state. In this month’s
edition, you will learn a simple and
helpful technique to get yourself in
the emotional state to get you to
move closer to your desires/goals
this year. Remember that doing is
different than wanting, so take
control of your life and motivate
yourself to be in the best state to
get you there.
I look
forward to our journey together in
2012 and welcome the opportunity to
hear about your progress.
Warmly,
Cari
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Announcement
We
have ONLY a few spots left...
Manage Anger Effectively &
Improve Relationships
A 10-Week Anger
Management Group Starting Now!!
Rockville
Centre Office--Mondays 6pm
Join our upcoming anger management group at
our Manhattan office and learn effective
tools for dealing with anger in your
relationships. Anger is an emotion that we
all experience when we feel vulnerable or
attacked. The group will teach you effective
ways for managing and expressing anger.
Anger is explored in the context of
relationships and tools for improving
relationships will be provided. The goals of
the 10-week program are:
• To increase awareness of anger expression
patterns
• To learn how our anger experience is
shaped by our development and what we can
learn from our family and environment
• To identify current and past situations
that fuel anger
• To identify responsibilities in the
current anger situation that resulted in
either a self or outside referral
• To develop specific ways to de-escalate
potentially violent situations
• To decrease verbal and physical
manifestations of anger, aggression, or
violence while increasing awareness and
acceptance of emotions
*Participants will receive a certificate of
completion.
Fees:
$700 for 10 weeks (discounts and payment
plans available)
$85 for initial intake (required for
participation--30 minute one-to-one session)
$135 for individual (one-on-one) sessions
(45-minute sessions)
Contact us today! 516.665.7889 Ext. 1
email:
info@couplesandfamilies.com
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Healthy Relationship Tip
Have
you ever wanted to get home after a
long day and just relax and then
find yourself frustrated that there
are so many things to get done or
angry with your partner for
something s/he has said or done (or
not done)? If you were in the right
state, those other things may not
have triggered you in the same way.
When I talk about state I am
referring to your emotional state.
How you feel has a big impact on
what you do.
Getting into the right state can be
as simple as taking less than 30
seconds to move you there. This is
a helpful tool when you desire to
improve a relationship. Note that
this tool may be used to help you
move towards success in any area of
your life. So how does this work?
Take a moment to close your eyes. I
want you to think of a time when you
felt happy, confident and/or
successful? Go over all the details
of who was there, what was happening
and how you felt. Take your
dominant hand and hold it out in
front of you in a fist. Take your
opposite hand and grab your wrist
over the top. Hold onto your wrist
and keep that image and those
feelings. This is called
anchoring.
Next
time, and before you walk into that
door, or before you engage in a
conversation with your spouse, get
yourself in the right state by
anchoring that feeling(s) by simply
grabbing your wrist. You can do
this before you enter a room,
dialogue, etc… You can even do this
at any moment when you need to move
yourself to another state and
motivate yourself to follow through.
Being
in the right state will serve you in
relating better, and anchoring is a
simple and effective tool to easily
get you there. Try practicing at
home and work since the more you do
the more it becomes part of you.
If
you need more guidance on how to get
in the right state and take more
action in 2012,
contact us so we can assist.
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and feel
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