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Goal-Directed Therapy: Life Passages and Individual and Family Issues

By: Thelma Golub, MFT

Change is an integral part of our lives. Often, change is the result of forces over which we have absolutely no control. Other times, we are the agents for change in our own lives. But however the change comes about, the real measure of a powerful and successful life is how we choose to perceive and deal with it.

Significant changes in our lives represent Life Passages. The list of Life Passages goes on and on, and is different for each person. Among the most common Life Passages are:

·Marriage, Divorce, Re-entering the Dating Scene, and Re-marriage;

·Childbirth, Raising a Family, Raising a Blended Family after Re-marriage, and the "Empty Nest Syndrome" (when our children "fly the coop" and leave us alone to deal with our separation issues);

·Career Changes;

·Mid-life Crises;

·Caring for Elderly Parents;

·The Death of a Loved One;

·Specific Personal Traumas.

If you are experiencing a personal or family-related Life Passage that is causing you emotional or psychological pain, or if you have experienced a trauma that has left you temporarily unable to cope, then perhaps you need to spend some time with a Goal-Directed Therapist who can help you come to grips with your current situation and regain the power and momentum to move forward.

At one time or another, we all need help. Those who desire to lead the fullest, most rewarding life take the right actions to identify their issues and move through them. And Goal-Directed Therapy can help.

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