Madison Marriage & Family Therapy

12/03/2025

In RLT we empower the relationship. Instead of me vs you, try focusing on us. You can do this by generously listening to your partner while in your wise adult. Honoring and holding them in equal and warm regard.

11/25/2025

Time to prep for the holiday season and that means bringing out all those relational tools we have been practicing. Practice this week in moving from complaint to request. Write with me below in ways you practiced making requests this holiday.

09/30/2025

Relational wisdom is the relational goal. We do not reach it all the time, but with every moment we try to achieve it.

09/30/2025

If we are being relational we have to remember it takes to create a spark for love and healing. Not just our request for our partner to change.

09/22/2025

Write below, your losing strategy (strategies).

12/04/2021

Complex PTSD and dissociative symptoms can arise as a result of repeated developmental trauma or neglect and the ongoing social stress of being a refugee...

11/22/2021

As a parent who journeyed through PPMD for years after each child, I can tell you our field can do a better job acknowledging how late it can start and long it can last.

“Favini notes that in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM5), the perinatal mood disorder period is only four weeks after birth. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists notes that postpartum mood disorder can last or start any time up to a year after birth. But Favini says even in later stages some moms feel tremendous guilt when they experience onset later.”

The findings can help both women and doctors better understand how pregnancy impacts mood disorders in the long run.

08/22/2021

Talented author, Trish Grisafi, shares her struggle with PTSD and how it shows up as a parent. We are grateful she included Founder, Melissa Kester, for some coping tips. This article is for everyone who is a parent and knows the long lasting pain of trauma.

“Part of healing from trauma and preventing it from becoming intergenerational relies on addressing it, being honest about it and dealing with it in a healthy way, especially when it comes from unexpected places and people who have no idea the distress they’re causing.”

I thought I was alone — and a terrible mom — but it turns out many parents with PTSD struggle with the same reactions.

01/01/2021

From our family to you💗🎉. Orange: A happy and safe world for all.
Yellow: Wishing for a world where we all play together.

11/09/2020

11/03/2020

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