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Healthy Relationship Quiz

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Relationship Quiz Answers
The quiz answers give you some helpful information about relationships...
"Centennial Social Work"
1998 marked Social Work's Centennial year...
"Stinkin' Thinkin'"
Nine cognitive distortions many people use to distort reality...
"Good Enough Mother"
Mothering's impact on one's self esteem...
"Medication as Adjunct"
The use of medication as an adjunct to other treatment modalities...
"What is Mental Health?"
Difficulties in defining, as compared to physical health...
"Perfect Marriage"
A dynamic that operates in all marriages is described and recommendations given.....
"Summer Family Fun"
Different ideas for having "fun" and having structure, too, in the summer...
"Change is in the Air"
Change is one of the only constants in life...
"Look Who's Talking"
Five different ways that people communicate to each other...
"How do I Love Thee...."
People love themselves and others the way they were loved...
"T'is the Season..."
Trials and tribulations of the Holiday season...
"No Strings Attached"
Pitfalls of giving with strings attached...
"Happy New Year!"
Ways to be kind to yourself with New Year's resolutions...
"So You're Having a Baby"
Moving from the two of you to the three of you...
"Children, Teach"
Issues coming up as parents teach and inform...
"Surviving Sexual Abuse"
Trust, a most basic need, has been betrayed...
"Cat's In the Cradle"
Harry Chapin's song revisited...
"Erikson's Development"
Erik Erikson's 8 stages of development are described...
"Brothers and Sisters"
The dynamics of families play out in group therapy...
"Positive Thinking"
Wayne Dyer's formulation for positive thinking...
"Mental Illness Stigma"
A discussion of some of the reasons for stigma...
"Transactional Analysis"
A theory of relating according to Eric Berne, the Father of Transactional Analysis...
"Throwing the Baby out.."
Some but not all aspects of parenting can be discarded...
"Do you Hear What I Hear?
People hear through distorted lenses sometimes....
"'ADD' or Not?"
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and it's diagnosis, can be challenging... 
"Boundary Challenges"
Blurred boundaries in relationships can create many conflicts...
"Writing Affirmations"
The power of writing affirmations is discussed, and explained...
Nancy's Reflections
Some of Nancy's "Reflections" from past newsletters...

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