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How to Set Boundaries With Compassion When Friendships Become a Burden

            Dear Penina, I’m struggling with a friendship that’s left me feeling trapped and anxious. My friend considers me her best friend, and I don’t…

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Ask for What You Need

Dear Penina, I’m writing to you today with a question that’s been on my mind recently. As someone who values both tradition and meaningful gestures, I was a little disappointed…

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Connecting to a Daughter-in-Law

Dear Penina, About a year ago, our son got married to a wonderful young woman. The couple is very happy, but I have a difficult time connecting with my daughter-in-law.…

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Addressing Shut-Downs in Your Marriage

Dear Penina, Baruch Hashem, my wife and I are happily married, and we don’t have any major conflicts. We do, however, squabble over some issues (how to discipline our kids,…

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Love, Marriage and Mother-in-Law Dynamics: Finding the Right Balance

Dear Penina, I’ve been married for five years and I truly have a great marriage. My husband is a great guy and is very good to me. Since we got…

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Learning to Navigate Serious Illness

        Dear Penina,           My husband was recently diagnosed with a serious illness, and he’s adamant that we keep the news private, sharing…

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Harmonizing In-Law Relationships and Spousal Dynamics This Pesach

Dear Penina, We have been married for six years and have two young children. Given community and family norms, it is expected that we spend Pesach with our parents, the…

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Helping Kids Handle Pre-Pesach Stress—From the Inside Out

As Pesach approaches, the pressure rises—cleaning, planning, hosting, or traveling. And while we’re running from room to room with our to-do lists, our kids are picking up on the stress…

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The Pesach Blues...

The Pesach Blues... by Fayga Zellermaier, LMSW, Licensed Master Social Worker: IN PERSON SESSIONS ONLY

While for some, Pesach and religious holidays are the highlight of the year, for others, these times can be quite challenging.  Whatever your experience, whether anticipating eagerly or dreading anxiously,…

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Pesach Edition

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Pesach Edition by Fayga Zellermaier, LMSW, Licensed Master Social Worker: IN PERSON SESSIONS ONLY

Pesach and ACT therapy, what's the connection? Thankfully this short read will have some answers and still leave plenty of time to finish the leftover Purim treats.

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Dear Penina column, to help you in navigating relationships.

Dear Penina, My daughter was recently introduced to a young man, and they seem to like each other. My daughter is only 20 years old, and while I want her…

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Why Premarital Education Is for Everyone

  Rachel and Steven got married a few years ago in a beautiful reception on Long Island. They had been introduced by mutual friends and dated for six months. During…

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Family First Feature, Connection Wanted

| Family First Feature | Connection Wanted By Penina Flug LCSW | January 18, 2022 EmailPrint   Behind every couple's fight is a yearning to reconnect; how EFT can change their dance…

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Learning To Be

Learning To Be by Sari Balsam, LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Pain shows up in all different forms  All with one mission, one agenda  For some it’s anxiety, others ocd, depression  Molded for a purpose  Our purpose in our life  To…

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Turning Tiffs into Triumphs

Small arguments aren’t the problem, missed repair is. Learn how curiosity, humor, and vulnerability can turn conflicts into deeper connection and intimacy.

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Self Energy vs The Yetzer Hara

Self Energy vs The Yetzer Hara   In last week’s article, someone shared some bad experiences with couples therapy and wondered if couples therapy could work given this past experience.…

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I'm Scared To Try Couples Therapy Again...

Q I'm scared to try couples therapy again. My husband and I have been to couples therapy with 3 different therapists and it never worked out well. In one case,…

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Letter to Hashem

Letter to Hashem by Sara Willig, Aspiring LMHC

Letter to Hashem”, an original poem turned song by Sara Willig. Please refer to the article for the words to the poem/lyrics to the song.

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The Ocean of Mood Episodes

The Ocean of Mood Episodes by Ari Daniels, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-BC

Episodic mood illness represents a spectrum of conditions that are highly treatable yet often go misdiagnosed—it can take patients up to 9 years to get properly diagnosed, in fact. Much…

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Shifting Gears

Shifting Gears by Ari Daniels, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-BC

The Mental Health Crisis Crisis We are in the midst of a mental health crisis—crisis. It’s hard to know where to begin when I find myself in a field with…

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