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Resources Basic Information Introduction to Family & Relationship Issues Introduction to Family and Relationship IssuesFamily Ties: Knowing Why and How They Must Remain Snug & Tied! Healthy Communication Skills 6 Keys of Assertive CommunicationBeyond Communication Skills: How People ChangeCommunication Approaches in RelationshipsCreating and Maintaining Quality RelationshipsDeveloping Assertive Communication Effective Conflict Resolution Skills 24 Tips for Conflict Resolution in an Intimate RelationshipDealing Constructively With Conflict in an Intimate RelationshipGet Through the Holidays with Humor and Grace: Four Strategies for Couples and FamiliesNavigating Different Types of Conflict Between Parents and ChildrenRepairing Damage to an Intimate Relationship While Having ConflictSkills and Spills Along the Path of Relational ConflictThe Challenge of Mixed or Blended Families More Information An Interview with Dave Herz and Leslie Potter of Vive! 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Why am I so Miserable?Should I Stay or Should I Go?Wife's BehaviorStep-Daughter is Deliberately AbusiveIs my Sister a Pathological Liar?Lost in Limbo19 Year Old DaughterNeed Help in Building the BridgesLack of Affection and IntimacyIs He Seeing Someone?Marriage QuestionRespect + Anger ManagmentMy Husband With Daughter...... Resentment-Controlling Wife/Passive-Agressive HusbandGetting Married, Stepsons With Awful TempersAdult Son Interferes with Our RelationshipCo-Dependent MotherCan My Marriage Be Saved?On and Off Relationship For Almost 10yrsI Am Tired of MarriageI'm His 2nd Wife. 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Why is my mom following me around to take over my life?Does my husband have bipolar although the doctors said he doesn't?Fear of death and dyinghow to ask if the pics are her?Unhappy MarriageDid I push them too much?How do you turn your back on your 19 year old daughter?What To Do With a Dysfunctional Past SHOULD GRANDPARENTS INSIST ON SEEING A GRANDCHILD My husband wants to leave me My husband no longer believesMy Son's ProblemWhy do I beat myself up over what they think?Bipolar sister, Narcissist boyfriendUnderstanding my sonWorried about my sonChild jealous of moms relationship with her new husbandThis guy I bullyIs There Help Out There? Lonely Mother of ThreeAm I Depressed?Should I Give Up On This Marriage?dealing with demanding mothercan you give me some advice please?17 year old running the houseOut of control 24 year old sisterMy needy son hates my boyfriend. 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