Why do I have a passion for Remarriage Success?

As a therapist in my second decade of service, I have worked with many different types of people, facing numerous challenges.  I began my career working exclusively with children, and eventually branched out into working with their families.  As time progressed, it became clear that if I could work with the parents of these children and their marriage, I could have an even greater impact in preventing some of the difficulties these children experienced.  Out of this change grew my passion for working with couples.

It was in the Spring of 2006 when my 7 year old daughter was asking me why a kid would need to see me that it dawned on me.  I was trying to describe the work I do at a level that would make sense to her.  As I tried to be as succinct as possible, I realized that about 95% of the time it boiled down to divorce or some other type of break up of these children's families.  Once this realization occurred, I decided that I wanted to do something about that. 

I've worked as a coordinator for a Kids in Divorce Survive (KIDS) group.  In this, I watched terribly hurt children try to deal with the ramifications of the break-up of their family.  Over the years, I have seen hundreds of couples wrestling with decision to stay married or not.  Everyone gets hurt. 

I found that the most gratifying times in my career were when I could help guide a couple back to one another and the decision to stay together.  Not for the sake of the kids (which makes everyone miserable), but because they genuinely loved one another again and CHOSE to be together.

The majority of the families that I see now are step-families who are just plain stuck.  The kids are unhappy with the new "outsider".  The marriage is falling apart because both of the adults are still wounded from their past marriages.  Everyone is fighting and everything is a mess!

My sincerest desire is to PREVENT this.  I want to work with you before you say "I do" again.  I want to make sure you, your partner, and your children are adequately prepared for this huge change in your lives so that none of you have to go through the trauma of another breakup of another family.  I want you to find the family and marriage of your dreams - to achieve Remarriage Success!

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