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Let Your Kids Get Bored This Summer
Being bored can help children become imaginative and self-reliant. So this summer, let go of your scheduled activities and just let your kids be bored.
Key Factor to Good Communication in Couples
Communication is important, but effective communication is required, not optional for a relationship to succeed, grow, and last a long time.
New Perspective, New You
Imagine a time when you can look back on the year, appreciate and feel grateful for accomplishing more than one new year’s resolution, for achieving more than one way of thinking, and identifying a new perspective in life.
New Diagnosis/Testing Center in Petaluma
New Diagnosis/Testing Centers for Autism The Family Guidance and Therapy Center is excited to announce that we are opening our first diagnosis and testing center for autism! We will be offering the following for adults and all age groups and services will be available...
Staff Spotlight: Ying-Ying Shiue
I’m a big advocate for meeting clients where they are at. What changes do they want to make in their lives and how can we work together on getting them there?
Staff Spotlight: Meg Kiperts
My work with clients is only unique because of who I am, the experiences I’ve been through, and the things I have learned. I personally value wisdom, but it is not something easily transferred between people; the receiver has to be in the right place.
Live Event: Practicing Self-Compassion
Think about the last time you made a mistake. For many, this isn’t a comfortable thing to do. For many, making a mistake is accompanied by self-judgement. A critical voice in our head that calls us names and berates us for our failings. When we make mistakes, fall, or...
Staff Spotlight: Alicia Fong
My work as a therapist challenges me to be a pro in taking care of myself and be authentic by “walking my talk”. At the end of the day, it is very rewarding seeing the lives of my clients and my own grow side by side.
Love & Autism Events are Happening Now!
Join us for a Talk on Neurodiversity By Jenny Palmiotto We, at the Family Guidance and Therapy Center, love Love & Autism! We love it so much that we want to bring it to you year round! For those of you who were torn between two of our breakout sessions, only able...
Staff Spotlight: Arianna Farinelli
Meet Arianna Farinelli! Arianna is a marriage and family therapist associate who has been a part of the Family Guidance and Therapy team for 3 months. She believes one of the most powerful tools for healing is providing a safe space to vulnerably explore both the...
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