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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
  •   Ah, Newlyweds… then reality sets in.
  •   Am I Fat?
  •   Assessing and Managing School-Age Children with Behavioral Problems
  •   Assessing Change
  •   Blended family/Kids in distress: What to do?
  •   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
  •   Credible Data in Child Custody and Access Disputes
  •   Custody/Access Dispute and Choice of Lawyers
  •   Do you have a wholesome family?
  •   Drinking and Parenting
  •   Effects of Exposure to Domestic Violence From Childhood to Adult Life
  •   Guiding Principle
  •   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 long does it take to rebuild trust?
  •   Imagine… A Collaborative Approach To Divorce
  •   Keeping A Child Away From The Other Parent Can Backfire
  •   Kids of Separated Parents: The Annual Holiday Access Dispute
  •   Let Go To Win - Child Custody Disputes
  •   Living with Abortion
  •   Marital Therapy?
  •   Married Boomers Face Their Own Perfect Storm
  •   Mediating Child Behaviour Problems Between Separated Parents - A Case Scenario
  •   Need help parenting a teen?
  •   Need Help Sorting Out A Parenting Plan?
  •   On Coping with Death… Now imagine you are a child.
  •   Parental Guilt and Kids with Special Needs
  •   Parental Separation: Who do you see?
  •   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
  •   Preferred, Estranged or Alienated?
  •   Raising Responsible Teens
  •   Recently separated? Practice As if Parenting
  •   Safe From Strangers
  •   Separated parents in dispute: Don't drag in your service providers!
  •   Settling Custody And Access Cases
  •   Sibling Harmony Versus Rivalry
  •   Sibling issues when one has special needs: Am I my brother's keeper?
  •   Stepbrothers Teach Their Parents
  •   Tantrums getting the better of you?
  •   Tethered By The Electronic Umbilicus
  •   The Granddaddy of All New Years Resolutions
  •   The Impact of Formative Experiences
  •   The Pre-Marital Toilet Test
  •   Think Your Teen Needs Counselling?
  •   Treading on Sacred Ground
  •   Understanding and Managing The Impact Of Childhood Sexual Abuse On Adult Intimate Life
  •   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?
  •   Who Started It Doesn't Necessarily Matter!
  •   Who's in charge anyways?
  •   Whose Day Is It Today???
  •   Will Your Kids Be Of Good Character?