Guiding Families Forward with Reunification Services

Reunification services help rebuild trust between parents and children after conflict, separation, or estrangement. With his new Family Reunification Specialist certification, Dr. Lowenstein provides structured support to strengthen relationships, improve communication, and create safer co‑parenting environments for families navigating complex situations.

The Shared Parenting Movement

Shared parenting is gaining momentum in Ohio and across the country, emerging as a stronger default arrangement that supports children’s stability and strengthens parent–child relationships.

Bullying: Not Just a Schoolyard Problem

Bullying is a big problem, and just about everybody knows it. But while most of the attention is focused on bullying among young people, it’s important to realize that the problem is also prevalent in the adult workplace. In 2014, the Workplace Bullying Institute conducted a workplace bullying survey, and 27 percent of those surveyed […]

Understanding and Dealing with Your Child’s Temper Tantrums

As a parent, few things are more unsettling than dealing with your child’s temper tantrum. From whining and crying to kicking and screaming, this upheaval of emotions is chaotic at best. Although this can be an ordinary rite of passage from the toddler years to a time when a child’s language and reasoning skills mature, […]

Holidays with the Family: Be Realistic About Your Expectations

Holidays and families don’t always go hand in hand, and that’s often because most of us have unrealistic expectations. Let’s face it. Even if Ozzie and Harriet did seem like the ideal family, it was more Hollywood than reality. Truth is, your real-life family tree might look more like the Addams Family than the Nelsons—especially […]

Bullying: What Your Kids Need to Know

Most parents are exposed to a wealth of information about bullying, from how to help the victim to how to raise a child who refrains from bullying behavior. While this is certainly helpful, it’s unfortunate that children are almost never the target of these messages. If you want your child to know more about bullying, […]

Midlife Crisis – Is it real? How do you cope?

We’re all familiar with the clichés: Joe from next door shows up in a convertible with higher payments than his mortgage; Carol quits a successful law career to become a yoga instructor in Bali. We look at each other and nod, mouthing the words: midlife crisis. But all jokes aside, midlife crises are very real, […]