Carrie Krawiec, LMFT
Carrie Krawiec, LMFT
Individual, couple, family therapy with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include family conflicts between parents and teens, marriage counseling, co-parenting following divorce, step-parenting, peer relationships, emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, self-mutilation/cutting and self-esteem. Specific training in Parent Management Training-Oregon (PMT-O Specialist); a behavior management technique for parents to utilize with children to prevent and reduce behavior issues in school age children. Integrated problem-centered approach.
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Carrie Krawiec Featured on Health and Wellness Site Beforliving.comBirmingham Maple Clinic therapist, Carrie Krawiec, LMFT, was recently featured as a relationship expert on the health and wellness site www.beforliving.com. “Be” is an online hub for information and solutions involving health, wellness and beauty from multiple approaches. To find Carrie’s input, the full article is available at http://beforliving.com/why-being-in-love-is-so-much-work. Why Being In Love Is So [...]
Trends in Teen Substance UseA recent report announced adolescent drinking and cigarette smoking are at a historic low. Although this information is positive, at the same time marijuana and prescription pill use are still occurring at high rates among teens. Shockingly, it is a new substance that raises the most concerns. For the first time the study looked at [...]
March 1st is Self Injury Awareness DaySelf-injury Awareness Day is a global awareness event/campaign that occurs annually on March 1. The goal is to raise awareness amongst parents, teachers, and medical professionals about self harming behaviors and to break down stereotypes. On this day, and in the weeks leading up to it, people choose to be more open about their own [...]
Couples TherapyResearch on the Treatment of Couple Distress Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, January 2012, Vol. 38, No. 1, 145-168 Researchers Jay Lebow, PhD, Anthony Chambers, PhD, Andrew Christensen, PhD, and Susan Johnson, PhD, evaluated and reviewed research on couples therapy from 2000 to 2009. While evaluating data, these researchers observed complexities in the development [...]
Parent-Teen CommunicationAs a marriage and family therapist my services are elicited to help couples and families improve communication. Although relationship dynamics between romantic partners and parents and their children differ dramatically, I am often struck by similarities when it comes to the breakdown of healthy communication. In marital relationships divorce is a common consequence of this [...]
Depressed Patients Pick Out Sad Faces EasilyIn a study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, researchers report that depressed patients pick out sad faces more easily and tend to have trouble identifying happiness or other emotions. The research, lead by Jackie Gollan, of the Fienberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, tested 200 images of facial expressions on 44 depressed [...]
The Difference in Remission and Response in treating Children with AnxietyTwo methods for measuring how well a client responds to treatment for anxiety disorders are remission and response. Response is the measurement for how symptoms have improved. Where as, remission gauges the absence of symptoms all together. Typically, children’s progress in treatment for anxiety is evaluated by measuring response. However, clients, parents, and clinicians ideally [...]
Bullying and Your Child“O’Doyle Rules!” It’s a classic bullying one-liner from comedy “Billy Madison.” Bullying has changed by leaps and bounds since parents of today were children. Gone are the days where a bulky kid throws his muscle around to shake down smaller children for lunch money. These days it is much harder to tell the difference between [...]
Study shows that some timid teens really have anxiety disorderIt’s surprising in a culture of teens that value say-anything reality shows that nearly half of all teenagers identify themselves as shy. In a new study published in the journal “Pediatrics,” 10,000 American teens and 6,000 parents were surveyed about a variety of mental health issues. About 47% of teens identified themselves as shy and [...]
LIVES RESTORED: A High-Profile Executive Job as Defense Against Mental IllsSince June 2011, The New York Times has featured profiles about people that are functioning despite severe mental illness and have chosen to speak out in a series called Lives Restored. In its third installment, “Finding a Life that Fits,” “Lives Restored: A High-Profile Executive Job as a Defense Against Mental Ills” profiles Keris Myrick, [...]
