e help couples and families develop and improve their communication. We believe that human development is best understood within the context of past and present relationships and life cycle transitions.

	We are proud to be a Division of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. Our therapeutic community of highly trained professionals allows for easy referral for individual psychotherapy, psychiatric consultation and all other services of ICP.
	We offer family and couples therapy at moderate cost. Fees are determined on a sliding scale based on income and most insurance plans are accepted.
	We respond promptly to requests for help. Initial intake interviews are scheduled within one week and treatment begins within one to two weeks.
	Both short and long term treatment is available.
	Our therapists are trained and experienced in couples, family and psychodynamic psychotherapy.

We will help you find solutions for:
Problems in Communication Issues of Intimacy and Commitment Premarital Tensions Gay and Lesbian Issues Challenges of Divorce and Blended Families Single Parent Family Life	Parenting Troubled Children and Adolescents The Aftermath of Trauma Working Through Multicultural Issues Issues Involving Adoption Family Response to Eating Disorders Chronic Medical Conditions

Treatment Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples and their Families

We have developed a core of therapists with expertise in the relationship issues facing gay and lesbian couples and families. Over the past seven years we have significantly helped hundreds of such couples and families.

Books We Recommend to Our Clients

Ables, Billie S. (1987). For Couples Only. Atlanta: Humanics New Age.

Babits, Marty.  The Power of the Middle Ground: A Couple's Guide to Renewing your Relationship.  Amherst, NY: Prometheus Publishing Co. (2009).

Bradshaw, John (1996). Bradshaw On: The Family. Deerfield Beach: Health Communications.

Brans, Jo. (1987). Mother, I Have Something to Tell You: Understanding Your Childıs Chosen Lifestyle. Garden City: Doubleday & Co.

Carter, Betty and Peters, Joan. (1996). Love, Honor and Negotiate. New York: Pocket Books.

Coleman, Paul. (2002). How to Say It for Couples: Communicating with Tenderness, Openness and Honesty. Paramus: Prentice Hall.

Feinberg, Leslie. (1996). Transgender Warriors: Making History From Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. Boston: Beacon Press.

Gottman, John &ampamp DeClaire, Joan (2001). The Relationship Cure : A 5-Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships. New York: Three Rivers/Crown/Random House.

Hendrix, Harville (1988). Getting the Love You Want : A Guide for Couples. New York: Henry Holt.

Jacobs, John (2004). All You Need is Love and Other Lies About Marriage. New York: Harper Collins.

Lasky, Ella.  Psychotherapists' Ambivalence about Fees.  In Lynn Bravo Rosewater, Ph.D. and Lenore E. Walker, Ed.D. (Editors), Handbook of Feminist Therapy.  New York: Springer Publishing (1985).

Lasky, Ella.  Psychoanalysts' and Psychotherapists' conflicts about setting fees.  Psychoanalytic Psychology.  (1984) p. 289-300.

Lerner, Harriet (1985). The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate. New York: Harper Collins.

Love, Patricia & Robinson, Jo (1995). Hot Monogamy: Essential Steps to More Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking. New York: Penguin Putnam.

Markman, Howard (1994). Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Real, Terrence (2002). How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Spring, Janis A. (1996). After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful. New York: Harper Collins.

Stone, D. et al (1999). Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. New York: Penguin.

Stone, Elizabeth. (1988). Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins: How Our Family Stories Shape Us. New York: Penguin.

Wachtel, Ellen (1999). We Love Each Other, But : Simple Secrets to Strengthen Your Relationship and Make Love Last. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Whitaker, Carl A., & Napier, Augustus Y. (1978). The Family Crucible: One Familyıs Therapy - An Experience That Illuminates All Our Lives. New York. Bantam Books.

Wolf, Anthony. (1991). Get Out of My Life But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? New York: Farrar Straus.

Publications by FACTS Faculty

Babits, Marty.  The Power of the Middle Ground: A Couple's Guide to Renewing your Relationship.  Amherst, NY: Prometheus Publishing Co. (2009).

Babits, Marty. (2001). Using therapeutic metaphor to provide a holding environment: the inner edge of possibility, Clinical Social Work Journal, V29, no. 1:21-33.

Babits, Marty. (2001). The phoenix juncture: exploring the dimension of hope in psychotherapy, Clinical Social Work Journal, V29, no. 4:341-350.

Friedman, Judith and Lasky, Ella. Lost in America: overcoming the isolation of a multiproblem, middle class family: A case study. The Family Therapy Networker, 1995, 77-85.

Getzel, G.S. and Masters, R. (1983). Group work with parents of homicide victims. Social Work with Groups. Vol. 6, No. 2: pp. 81-92.

Lasky, Ella. Psychotherapists' Ambivalence about Fees: Male-Female Differences. Women & Therapy, (1999) 22, 3, 5-14 and also in For Love or Money: The Fee in Feminist Therapy, Marcia Hill and Ellyn Kaschak (Eds.) The Haworth Press, 1999.

Lasky, Ella.  Psychoanalysts' and Psychotherapists' conflicts about setting fees.  Psychoanalytic Psychology.  (1984) p. 289-300.

Lasky, Ella (1982). Self Esteem, achievement, and the female experience. In Janet Muff (Editor), Socialization, Sexism and Stereotyping: Women's Issues in Nursing. St. Louis: Mosby.

Lasky, Ella. (1978). Physical attractiveness and its relationship to self esteem: some preliminary findings. In Mark Cook and Glenn Wilson (Eds.), Love and Attraction. Oxford and New York: Pergamon Press.

Lasky, Ella. (1977). Current psychological perspectives: humanistic, existential, interpersonal and social psychological. Chapter in textbook Abnormal Psychology (CRM/Random House), 2nd Edition.

Lasky, Ella. (Ed.). (1975). Humanness: An Exploration into the Mythologies about Women and Men. New York: MSS Information Co.

Masters, R. (1998). Death on the Doorstep. Family Therapy Networker, June: pp. 38-44.

Masters, R. (1996). Too proud to cry: Clinical work with survivors who employ narcissistic defenses. National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Quarterly. Vol. 6, No. 2: pp. 49-52.

Masters R. (1991). Crime victims. Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable Populations. New York: Columbia University Press: pp. 416-445.

Masters, R. (1989). Attachment, separation and the prospect of death for people with AIDS. Contemporary Psychotherapy Review. Vol. 5, No. 1: pp. 92-112.

Masters, R., Friedman, L.N., and Getzel, G. Helping families of homicide victims: a multidimensional approach. Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 1: pp. 92-112.

Taffel, Ron (2005). Breaking through to Teens: Psychotherapy for the New Adolescence. New York: Guilford Press.

Taffel, Ron (2001). When Parents Disagree and What You Can Do About It. New York: Guilford Press.

Taffel, Ron (2001). The Second Family: How Adolescent Power is Challenging the American Family. New York: St. Martin Press.

Taffel, Ron (2000). Breaking through to Difficult Kids and Parents: Uncommon Sense for Child Professionals. New York: Guilford Press.

Taffel, Ron (1998). Nurturing Good Children Now. New York: St. Martin Press.

Taffel, Ron (1991). Parenting by Heart. Cambridge: Perseus Books.

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