by Dr. Monica Borschel | May 25, 2023 | Children, Divorce, Parenting
Written by Monica Borschel, Ph.D. and Charles Kronzek, Michigan Trial Attorney Parental alienation is the deliberate or accidental turning of your children against the other parent. Deliberate alienation is badmouthing the other parent, family, ethnicity, culture, or...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | May 15, 2023 | Divorce
Written by Monica Borschel and Lisa Demonte Cervone Imagine yourself in one of the following situations: Brady and Mary had been successfully co-parenting their two children for the last two years. They had an amicable divorce. Mary had been struggling to find a...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | May 4, 2023 | Boundaries, Communication, Relationships
Saying no and setting boundaries can be uncomfortable. You might have had experiences where saying no leads to revenge, punishment, or rejection. Having had too many of these experiences might make you anxious when having difficult conversations. In addition, you...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | Mar 30, 2023 | Domestic Violence, Trauma
Written by Monica Borschel, Ph.D. and Special Private Prosecutor for victims and family law attorney Brian Faucett. A yearly estimate of ten million Americans is affected by domestic violence. One in four women and one in nine men are victims of intimate partner...
by Dr. Monica Borschel | Mar 28, 2023 | Emotions
Have you ever felt drained after a conversation with someone feeling emotional? Perhaps this person was grieving, and you didn’t know what to say. Maybe you wanted to take the other person’s pain away, but you didn’t know how. Here are some pointers...