Tools for Marriage, Relationship and Emotional Health. Articles, tips, advice.

Boundaries and Limit Setting in Relationships by Linda Graham, MFT (0)

Developmental psychologists have found that the human brain is capable of distinguishing between self and others by six months of age.  The capacity of theory of mind  takes that development further as we mature.  More important for taking our place in the world as independent, resilient human beings, by four years of age our brains [...]

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Boundaries and Limit Setting in Relationships by Linda Graham, MFT (0)

Developmental psychologists have found that the human brain is capable of distinguishing between self and others by six months of age.  The capacity of theory of mind  takes that development further as we mature.  More important for taking our place in the world as independent, resilient human beings, by four years of age our brains [...]

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Do Positive Experiences “Stick to Your Ribs?” Take in the Good. by Rick Hanson, PhD (0)

Rick Hanson, PhD takes a look at how the brain’s negativity bias sets many of us up to struggle with allowing positive experiences to stick.  He offers three steps to learn to “take in the good.” Scientists believe that your brain has a built-in “negativity bias.” In other words, as we evolved over millions of [...]

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The Past and Your Emotional Health (0)

“Your past is deeply connected to your present.”  I find that when I educate therapy clients about this, most of them resonate fully with this notion and in fact have sought me out for help getting unstuck.  Clearly many people are positively shaped by their experiences and likely won’t find a need to seek therapy [...]

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BeingLOVEDIs: What Does it Mean to be Loved? by Jennine Estes, MFT (0)

Love is something we experience.  Being loved and the feeling that comes with it does not have one definition or one encounter.  Describing a feeling of being loved for each individual differs from person to person. As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I’m always interested in how my clients, and people in general, look at [...]

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El Libro de Terapia Prematrimonial para Parejas por Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT (1)

The Premarital Counseling Workbook for Couples is now available in Spanish! El Libro de Terapia Prematrimonial para Parejas es el primero en mi serie de libros de terapia “Therapy-At-Home Workbooks®” que proveen una alternativa a la terapia tradicional que es costo efectiva, guiada por una terapeuta y con la facilidad de hacerlo uno mismo en [...]

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The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com: Tools for Marriage, Relationship and Emotional Health

Welcome to one of the original therapist-created resource websites, The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com, created by Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT.

The articles, tips, tools and advice are by Lisa and other therapy, counseling and coaching professionals.

The Toolbox supports the idea that emotional and relationship health go hand-in-hand. Pick the tools you want from this site to add to your own toolbox for individual and relationship health. Also found here are therapy / counseling related articles.

The Toolbox is the home of Lisa's Therapy-At-Home Workbooks@ for couples. The Premarital Counseling Workbook for Couples - and The Marriage Refresher Course Workbook for Couples are available here for purchase in The Toolbox Store.

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