Susan G. Adams, M.Ed.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Licensed Professional Counselor

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• Marriage

• Divorce

• Stepfamilies

• Children

• Parenting

• Self Help

  • Universal Truths
  • Art of Making Others Feel Good
  • Making and Refusing Requests
  • How to Deal with Loneliness
  • Genders Struggles - "Why the Gender Struggle?"
  • Anxiety as Relates to Speaking Up for Oneself
  • Guided Imagery and Stress Management
  • Using Meditation To Help Body Healing
  • Use of Anger; Does it Work?
  • Dealing with Criticism
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Why Is  ALCOHOLISM So Difficult To Treat?
  • Lowering Cancer Risk With Proper Eating
  • Symptoms and Consequences of Stress  #3 l0/l/09
  • Depression, Chronic Pain, and the Family
  • Understanding Depression
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Life as a Chemical Experience
  • Should you decide to lose weight?
  • The Use Of Moderate Exercise
  • Aging Without Estrogen/ Not for Women Only
  • Feelings When a Pet is Lost
   

• Marriage

  • Art of Feeling Married
  • Accountability Couples Model
  • The Practical Marital Quiz
  • Dealing With Infidelity
  • An After Effect of Sexual or Physical Abuse 
  • When A Spouse Dies
  • Achieving Relationship Closeness
  • Toward Achieving Sexual Harmony in Marriage
  • Identifying Early Precursors to Sexual Intimacy Difficulties
  • Effect of Money on Marriage
  • Role of Expectations in Marriage
  • Communication in Marriage
  • The Safety of Expression-An Exercise for Dating Couples
  • Building Trust for dating Couples Planning Marriage
  • Achieving Good Sexual Communication
  • Skills of Understanding and Being Understood in Relationships
  • Why Some People Fail to Make Emotional Contact in Dating
  • Counseling Thoughts for Premarital Couples/Danger Signs in Dating
  • Special Concerns for Dating Couples Approaching Marriage

• Divorce
   
  • Children of Divorce
  • Feelings Related to Divorce
  • Some Possible Reactions to Divorce in Children
  • How To Tell Children About A Divorce 
  • Developing New Relationships
  • Depression as a Factor in Post Divorce Adjustment for Adults
  • Tensions for Children of Divorce/Dealing with resulting Depression
  • The Question of Dating Post Divorce
  • Anger Management Post Divorce
    
     

• Stepfamilies

  • Parenting Teamwork
  • Arranging for First Meetings
  • Living in a Stepfamily
  • Does Instant Love Occur in Stepfamilies?
  • Tips for Step-Fathers
  • Tips for Step-Mothers
  • Discipline in Stepfamilies
  • 3 Major Issues of Stepfamilies
  • It is Hard to Be Liked as a Step-Parent
  • Sexuality in Stepfamilies
  • Living without the Child as a Parent
  • What About Remarriage
  • Tips for Communication for Ex-Spouses
  • Tips for Grand-Parents in Step Children
     

• Children

  • Building Self Esteem in Children
  • How Your Feelings May Affect Your Children
  • How Harmful is Chemical Use in Young People--Really?
  • When Children Are Molested
  • Troubled Adolescents: General Profile of Suicidal Teens
  • Suicidal Patterns of Troubled Teens
  • The Effects of  Teen Suicide in Families
  • Stresses for Children in the World in Which They Live
  • Stresses in Early Boy-Girl Relationships
  • When Children Lose a Mother
  • Identifying Learning Disabilities
  • Dealing With Learning Disabled Children
  • Desertion by a Mother/ Avoiding Troubled Teens
  • When Fathers Desert/Preventing Troubled Teens
  • Pressures on Young Adolescents-Junior High
  • Too Young for Academic Learning?
  • Understanding Sexuality From an Adolescent View
  • Treatment of Learning Disabilities
  • Learning Disabilities/Teacher and Parental Attitudes
  • Causes of Learning Disabilities
     

• Parenting

  • Limit Setting With Children
  • Do Single Parents Have Needs of Their Own?
  • Conversations with Preteens About Sex
  • Identifying and Treating Teenage Substance Abuse
  • Laying the Groundwork To Avoid Troubled Teens
  • Identifying Pressures on Early Adolescents
  • Preparing Children For Sexual Intimacy As Adults 
  • Harmful Affects of Too Much Pressure on Children
  • Taking a Job or Staying at Home--Trouble Later?
  • Effects of Group Care/Preventing Trouble in the Teens
  • Being a Role Model for Teens
  • Communication Guide for Teens
  • Listening Skills/ Avoiding Troubled Teens
  • Dealing With Teens Around Money/Problem Prevention Tactics
  • Effects of Working Moms
  • Telling the Children When a Pet Dies
  • A  step Toward Preventing Problem Teens
  • Turning Responsible Children into Troubled Teens
  • Teach My Children How to Drink?
     

• Drug and Alcohol Recovery

  • Do You Think You Might Have A Problem With Alcohol Or Drugs?
  • The Precipitants of Relapse in Substance Abuse Recovery
  • Recovery Predictors in the Treatment of Substance Abuse
  • The Relationship Between Violence and Addiction
  • Is Marijuana Really Harmful?
  • Risks of Early Marijuana Use
  • Relationship of Drugs and Traffic Safety
  • Cocaine Use
  • The Amphetamines
  • The Hallucinogens
  • Drugs That Suppress the Central Nervous System-Sedatives
  • Use and Abuse of Narcotics
  • Who Are the Children Most at Risk for Drug Use and What Are the Signs?
  • Advice to Parents Whose Children May Be Using Drugs 
    
    
    

Over twenty-five years as a provider and educator in the mental health field with Individuals, couples and families.