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Gary Direnfeld

Gary Direnfeld is a social worker and expert on matters of family life. He is in private practice, writes and provides workshops and is the developer of the "I Promise Program” – teen safe driving initiative. Search his name on GOOGLE.COM to view his many articles. Feel free to call him for your next conference and for expert opinion on family matters. Courts in Ontario consider Gary an expert on child development, marital and family therapy, custody and access recommendations and social work.
garydi@sympatico.ca

Articles by Gary Direnfeld:

  •   A Foot in Two Families
  •   A funny thing happened on the way to trial…
  •   Absent Parent Returns, Active Parent in Turmoil
  •   Affairs Are About Anything But Love
  •   After separation, what about the kids?
  •   Ah, Newlyweds… then reality sets in.
  •   Alcoholic? Quitting is only the beginning.
  •   Am I Fat?
  •   Assessing and Managing School-Age Children with Behavioral Problems
  •   Assessing Change
  •   Attention Divided by Divorce
  •   Blended family/Kids in distress: What to do?
  •   Bless the Coach
  •   Bribery vs. Reinforcement
  •   Build Rapport to Facilitate Teen Behaviour
  •   But He's an Angel at Home
  •   Can a child choose which parent to live with?
  •   Check Ingredients Before Blending
  •   Check the Pulse Before Pulling the Plug
  •   Children and Parents Adjust to Separation
  •   Children and the Aftermath of Katrina: From fear to hope
  •   Choosing Mr. Right
  •   Conflict of Libidos?
  •   Credible Data in Child Custody and Access Disputes
  •   Custody/Access Dispute and Choice of Lawyers
  •   Divorce of Low-Conflict Parents and Kids
  •   Do you have a wholesome family?
  •   Drinking and Parenting
  •   Effects of Exposure to Domestic Violence From Childhood to Adult Life
  •   Even Court Orders Aren't Cast in Stone
  •   Even Lawyers Get the Blues
  •   Forget Harmony, Settle for Peace
  •   Guiding Principle
  •   Happiness won't save you if the pond you are swimming in is polluted.
  •   Helping separated parents communicate…
  •   High Conflict Divorce: Mediating Parenting Plans
  •   High Heat, the Assessment and then Court…
  •   Hitting hurts. So does exposure to it as a kid.
  •   How Do You Rate Your Separation
  •   How important is consistency really?
  •   How long does it take to rebuild trust?
  •   Imagine… A Collaborative Approach To Divorce
  •   Improving Eleventh Hour Agreements
  •   Issues in Determining Learning Disabilities
  •   Keeping A Child Away From The Other Parent Can Backfire
  •   Kid out of control? Maybe how you were parented factors in.
  •   Kids of Separated Parents: The Annual Holiday Access Dispute
  •   Let Go To Win - Child Custody Disputes
  •   Living with Abortion
  •   Major Depression and Family
  •   Make Amends
  •   Marital Therapy?
  •   Marriages On The Cusp
  •   Married Boomers Face Their Own Perfect Storm
  •   Mediating Child Behaviour Problems Between Separated Parents - A Case Scenario
  •   My Child is Odd
  •   Need help parenting a teen?
  •   Need Help Sorting Out A Parenting Plan?
  •   Normal Childhood Behaviour Misconstrued
  •   On Coping with Death… Now imagine you are a child.
  •   Out of Control and Pseudomature Teens
  •   Parental Guilt and Kids with Special Needs
  •   Parental Separation: Who do you see?
  •   Parenting Coordinator in the Province of Ontario
  •   Parenting Coordinator: An alternative to running back to Court
  •   Parenting Plans From a Kid's Eye View
  •   Parents can help prevent teen driver car crashes
  •   Parents can help prevent teen driver car crashes
  •   Parents: Invest in your relationship
  •   Pre-Marital Counseling In View Of Abuse
  •   Preferred, Estranged or Alienated?
  •   Psychological Abuse
  •   Raising Responsible Teens
  •   Recently separated? Practice As if Parenting
  •   Reconciliation Counselling
  •   Remembering Family Traditions
  •   Safe From Strangers
  •   Save your money and get on the floor
  •   Separated parents in dispute: Don't drag in your service providers!
  •   Separating from an Abusive Partner
  •   Settling Custody And Access Cases
  •   Sibling Harmony Versus Rivalry
  •   Sibling issues when one has special needs: Am I my brother's keeper?
  •   Some Frustration is Necessary!
  •   Someone really really difficult to get along with?
  •   Stepbrothers Teach Their Parents
  •   Tantrums getting the better of you?
  •   Tethered By The Electronic Umbilicus
  •   The First Few Years Of School
  •   The Granddaddy of All New Years Resolutions
  •   The Impact of Formative Experiences
  •   The Long Arm Of Domestic Violence
  •   The Long Arm Of Domestic Violence
  •   The Pre-Marital Toilet Test
  •   Think Your Teen Needs Counselling?
  •   Thinking of Counselling?
  •   Treading on Sacred Ground
  •   Understanding and Managing The Impact Of Childhood Sexual Abuse On Adult Intimate Life
  •   Understanding Is Not Enough
  •   Verbal Abuse
  •   What do I call you?
  •   What is a child custody and access assessment and what's involved?
  •   What is Custody?
  •   What's a kid to do when parents hate each other?
  •   What's so terrible about being two?
  •   When a Child With Special Needs and Complex Disabilities Surfaces with Behaviour Problems
  •   When isn't child sex play just sex play?
  •   When It's Good, It's Very Good…
  •   Who Started It Doesn't Necessarily Matter!
  •   Who's in charge anyways?
  •   Whose Day Is It Today???
  •   Will Your Kids Be Of Good Character?