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Services by Barbara Gina Garrett, M.A., M.S.W.

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25 years experience helping individuals & couples make the choices & changes needed to create & sustain fulfilling lives and joyful intimate relationships.

COUPLES & MARRIAGE COUNSELING
Building, restoring & enhancing communication, trust, love, joy, & intimacy.

• Healing Past Resentment

• Communicating Caringly
• Expressing Feelings

• Non-defensive Listening Skills
• Handling Anger Constructively

• Resolving Conflicts Peacefully
• Sharing Responsibilities

• Pre-Marital Counseling 

• After-an-Affair Issues
• Restoring Trust
• Fear of Commitment/Intimacy

• Living Together Preparation
• Resolving Sexual Issues
• Maintaining Individuality

• Internet Addiction Problems
• Compromising Successfully

• Parenting Concerns
• Teenager Issues
• Ending Unhappy Relationships
• Relationship Ending Recovery

• Separation/Divorce Issues
• Sharing Child Custody Issues
• Post-Divorce Family Issues

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING

• Anxiety
• Stress
• Depression
• Managing Anger
• Loss

• Obsessing
• Grief
• Procrastination
• Self-Esteem

• Career Concerns
• Childhood Hurts
• Parenting Concerns
• Decision Making
• Life Transitions
• Pre-Marital Issues

• Single/Dating Concerns
• Interpersonal Skills
• Children’s ages 7 & up

• Teenager Issues
• Aging Parent Issues
• Young Adult Concerns
• Gay/Lesbian Issues

• Sexual Orientation
• Ending Unhappy Relationships
• Separation/Divorce Recovery

GAY & LESBIAN COUNSELING

COUPLES ISSUES: 

• Healing Past Resentment
• Non-Defensive Listening Skills
• Anger Management
• Expressing Feelings

   Constructively
• Resolving Conflicts Peacefully

•  Reaching Livable Compromises
•  Maintaining Individuality
•  Living Together Preparation
•  Fidelity Issues/Agreements

•  Resolving Sexual Issues
•  After-an-Affair Issues

•  Sharing Responsibilities
    Cooperatively
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Commitment/Intimacy Blocks
•  HIV+ Partner Issues

•  Parenting Issues/Skills
•  Relationship Ending Issues

INDIVIDUAL ISSUES:

• Sexual Orientation/Identity
• Self-Acceptance/Esteem
• Coming Out Issues/To
   Whom?/How?

• Family (non?) Acceptance
• Dealing With Societal Prejudices
• Career Concerns/Issues
• Dating Skills/Pacing/Partner
   Choice

•  Handling Rejection / Insecurity /
    Neediness
•  Leaving Hurtful Relationships
•  Relationship Ending Recovery

•  Adjusting to HIV+ Diagnosis
•  Deciding to Parent/or Not?
•  Shyness/Interpersonal Skills
•  Childhood Hurt/Abuse/ACOA

•  Loss & Grief
•  Stress/Anxiety/Anger/Obsessing
•  Depression/Regrets/Disappointments

•  Decision/Changes/Transitions
•  Teenager & Young Adult Issues
•  Aging Concerns/Acceptance 

202-363-8174 | E-mail: info@barbaraginagarrett.com

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