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Mending a Marriage After Infidelity

Infidelity in a marriage can be a horribly devastating thing to experience. It can knock you off your feet and you may feel as though you will never recover. Of course you will and if you and your spouse work hard your marriage can too. Not all marriages can survive infidelity, it takes both partners

Mending a Marriage After Infidelity2016-08-19T09:50:46-07:00

Coping with the Death of a Parent

The natural order of things is that a parent will die before the child. It is to be expected especially if the parents has led a full and long life. Even in the most unexpected circumstances, we expect to lay our parents to rest. Even as we help them through the final stages of their

Coping with the Death of a Parent2016-08-19T09:29:03-07:00

Help! My Siblings are Driving Me Crazy

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. If you come from a larger family, there's a good chance that one of your siblings drives you crazy. In fact, unless you're an only child there's a good chance that your sibling drives you crazy at one time or another. Even with the

Help! My Siblings are Driving Me Crazy2016-08-19T09:29:51-07:00

Tips for Minimizing Sibling Rivalry

As a therapist in San Francisco I specialize in all things relationships, and that includes the relationships between siblings. Siblings have a very unique and intense bond that isn't always harmonious. In fact, up to one third of siblings experience it. Siblings spend more time during childhood together than they do with their parents so

Tips for Minimizing Sibling Rivalry2016-08-19T09:33:20-07:00

San Francisco Marriage Counselor

If you're in need of a San Francisco marriage counselor you're probably wondering how the process works, especially if you've never been to a therapist before. While it might be intimidating for some to divulge intimate details about their marriage to a stranger, we'll take the time to get to know each other before we get

San Francisco Marriage Counselor2016-08-19T09:31:05-07:00

The Five Components of Change

In life, the only thing that is certain is change. In my book Everything Will Be Okay I explore in depth the five components of change. Change is inevitable, however most of us spend a good deal of time doing all we can to avoid change. We all know someone who stayed in a bad

The Five Components of Change2016-08-19T09:42:55-07:00

The Benefits of Forgiveness

We've all been hurt by someone we love at one time or another. We may have heard harsh words from a family member or perhaps a spouse or partner has cheated. No matter what the infraction, if someone has hurt us it's imperative that we learn to forgive. The power of forgiveness can be incredibly healthy -

The Benefits of Forgiveness2016-08-19T09:53:34-07:00

Tips for a Healthy Marriage

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes contempt and then comes divorce. With nearly 50% of marriages ending divorce it's hard to believe anyone is having a healthy marriage. As a marriage counselor in the San Francisco Bay Area, I've seen some horrible marriages and I've seen some great ones - many times they

Tips for a Healthy Marriage2016-08-19T09:31:45-07:00

How to Improve Any Relationship

As a licensed marriage and family therapist in the San Francisco Bay Area, I work to show how to improve any relationship and yet I see everyday how people mess up their relationships. They don't do so willingly or with malice, usually people take these most important relationships for granted. It doesn't matter what kind of

How to Improve Any Relationship2016-08-19T09:52:02-07:00

About Janna

Dr. Janna Fond, PsyD, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach with over 20 years of experience working with adults. Currently, she has a private practice in San Mateo, California where she helps individuals and couples.

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