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Ongoing stress and conflict with the other parent can negatively affect your health, your child’s development, and your state of mind. It can also complicate decisions like where the children will live and who will make and carry through the many decisions for them such as schooling, medical care, and religious education. Dr. Ricci will work with you to help you explore what’s best for you and your child. Here are some of the goals a parent might develop.

Divorce, Co-Parenting and Single Parenting   

   Emerge from divorce stronger and happier than before.

       Successfully ride the waves of emotion and change

       Find the time sharing arrangement that’s best for our child

       Develop the best Parenting Plan for the final divorce agreement

       Help children manage and adjust to the changes

       Keep children out of the “middle”

       Negotiate effectively in custody and divorce mediation

       Develop a good co-parenting relationship and get past the anger

       Develop a new, more satisfying personal life

Stepfamily Life

       Prepare children and grandparents for a happy wedding

       Enhance stepparent and parent awareness skills

       Come up with a modified Parenting Plan

       Overcome the “hangovers” and conflicts from our prior marriages

       Resolve differences in-house and between households.

Transition Counseling

Major transitions are prime opportunities to gain insight, self-knowledge, and self-confidence through thoughtful discussions and introspection. Psychotherapy and life planning are a joint effort where you establish your goals and Dr. Ricci works with you to reach them. Therapy that incorporates life planning tools can provide you with opportunities to enhance your strengths, lay past difficulties to rest, and discover easier, more satisfying ways to meet your needs and move towards a happier future.