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The Blog of Dr. Jennifer Lagrotte, DMFT

The nitty gritty of sleep time for children

by : Dr. Lagrotte

Parenting

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So ever since my 4 year old came into my life, my goal was to introduce her to sleeping through the night. The biggest reason being I enjoy my sleep. I cannot tell you how many times people are down right amazed that both my girls are asleep by 7pm. Well, the older one for…
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What I learned from the level 1 Gottman training

by : Dr. Lagrotte

CouplesGottman Method

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I have been so excited to attend the level 1 Gottman training ever since I found out about it. FAU presented it at a reduced rate which for me was a great added bonus. Of course as life is I did not expect to be moving into a hotel room for at least 4 weeks…
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How to turn a negative into a positive

by : Dr. Lagrotte

Couples

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I have the pleasure of working with great minds and I get to help make them even better.  I have an amazing client who went through a terrible break-up and she was able to turn this situation into a positive learning experience with my help of course! Her and her boyfriend decided to move in…
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The Art of Compromise

by : Dr. Lagrotte

Couples

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I have been thinking about compromise lately because as a marriage and family therapist I have the pleasure of working with couples and one problem that some couples have is compromise.  To really compromise it is not about one person winning and the other losing its about both people getting what they really want.  Let…
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Exercise time out

by : Dr. Lagrotte

Parenting

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I had a very interesting conversation today and what else do you do with interesting conversations except blog about them.  I have been hearing a lot of what I believe to be Mom’s trying to understand boys energy level and how they can get them to calm down.  Do they really need to calm down? …
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