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    • Somer Saleh, LMFT
    • Jessica Fountas, LMFT
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The Guilty Mother and the Quest for Perfectionism

By Melissa Divaris Thompson, LMFT | October 8, 2014

Whether you are a stay at home or a working mother, it’s a fact that mothers struggle with an enormous amount of ‘mother guilt’. We are hard on ourselves. We push ourselves and expect perfection. We try hard to balance it all and a lot of times, we feel like we can’t. For some reason,…

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A Traumatic Homecoming – Interview With A New Mother

By Melissa Divaris Thompson, LMFT | September 8, 2014

I am so often stuck by the courage and bravery of first time mothers. Becoming a mother is a leap of faith and an absolute shift in identity. We have no idea how we will feel, how our baby will be, and what it’s all going to be like. Our relationship with our friends change,…

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