Marina Edelman, MA — Contributor
Marina Edelman, M.A. is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern in private practice in Westlake Village, CA and is a member of CAMFT. Marina gained her master's degree in psychology from Phillips Graduate Institute. She has been featured in broadcast, print and as a speaker on mental health topics.
Originally from Russia, Marina moved to the U.S. as a child. From an early age, she has been an avid listener noted for her empathy and intuition. Her own personal development led her to become a psychotherapist intern with an emphasis on money issues, mood disorders and relationship problems. Marina utilizes a solution focused approach to therapy, which recognizes the individual as a whole. All aspects of the person are considered: behavior, cognition, beliefs, body sensations, imagining, and dreams. She holds the position that the client is the expert and her role is to be a facilitator to bring about a sense of awareness, improving the individual's contact with oneself and one's environment. Her firm belief is that change doesn't need to take forever; she will help you find the insight and awareness you most need to move forward in your life. You will experience achieving a dramatically higher quality of life in the utmost caring and non-judgmental environment through discovering your inner strengths and effective coping skills.
Marina offers financial therapy as one of her specializations. Financial therapy deals with financial problems related to subconscious behavior. Financial therapy is a process of evaluating and reprogramming one's money related habits so that an individual can move from self-defeating behaviors and attitudes to ones that help him/her thrive. Her method of bringing one's relationship with money from the subconscious to consciousness works to reduce anxiety and depression around money, while creating new thought and behavior patterns.
Marina also has expertise in resolving intimacy and relationship problems. Her mission is to help couples become successful and happy so that they feel more intimately connected to each other and more fulfilled and alive in their relationships. She provides tools, structure, and education needed to:
- Acquire communication techniques that work so that you feel close and calm, not distant or angry, even when talking about difficult topics
- Connect more intensely with each other
- Feel more deeply desired and loved by your partner
- Feel more attracted to your partner again
- Believe that you are your partner's first priority
- Create a plan that breeds intimacy rather than prevents it
You can learn more about Marina Edelman, MA MFTI and her practice at www.marinaedelman.com or by contacting her directly via email at marina.edelman@gmail.com.
The following are Marina's contributions to MentalHelp.Net
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Wellness and Personal Development
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True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose – Helen Keller What’s the use of happiness? It... Read More
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Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive one self’s and others’ feelings and emotions, to evaluate them and to use the gathered information to... Read More
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Conspicuous consumption penetrated United States post-WWII as an outcome of modernity. Mass consumption of houses, automobiles and manufactured goods infused Middle America. Captivation with materialism... Read More
Relationship Problems
Stress Reduction and Management
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Can Money Buy Happiness?Aug 4, 2010
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Emotional IQJul 12, 2010
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Tools On Dealing With Reduced Or Eliminated IncomeMay 26, 2010
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Improve Your Relationship TonightApr 23, 2010
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Relationship Problems
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Recently Courtney Cox and David Arquette have been in the news announcing their separation. David went on the Howard Stern’s radio show to discuss... Read More
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If you are in a relationship that seems to be headed towards commitment such as getting engaged, married, having kids, etc., it may be a... Read More
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We all want to find love. But do we know a compatible mate when we see them or should we smell them? Do opposites really... Read More
Relationship Problems
Relationship Problems