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About Lee
Psychotherapist / Marriage and Family Counseling
Lee Raffel is a practicing psychotherapist for 38 years. She is the author of I Hate Conflict (McGraw-Hill, 2008) and Should I Stay or Go? How Controlled Separation (CS) Can Save Your Marriage (McGraw-Hill, 1999). Lee is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Board Certified Diplomate in Psychotherapy and Behavioral Medicine, and relationship coach, mediator and educator.
A recognized expert on marriage and interpersonal relationships, Lee has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning New York, hosted a radio show, and appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS nationwide addressing Controlled Separation. She also has been featured in Psychotherapy Networker, O - The Oprah Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Ladies' Home Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, and radio and newsprint nationwide. Lee has also presented a radio show titled Should I Stay or Go? Straight Talk About Troubled Relationships.
Lee, proprietor of Awareness Counseling Services, Inc., maintains a private practice and, as founder of Fresh Perspectives Training Institute, presents numerous programs on the complexity and possibilities inherent in conflicted relationships. She also is available to offer workshops on Controlled Separation, and troubled family relationships. Her provocative insights and timely strategies have been utilized nationally and internationally for people at risk of destroying their meaningful connections.
Lee says that much of what she has learned about healthy relationships has come from sharing 24 years with her husband, Mark, who initiated much laughter and made every day a fruitful experience even when there was sorrow. Lee continues to reinvent herself over and over again.
Lee's Books
Get Smart, Create New Energy, Be Brave, Learn New Ways to Change!
If you are seeking information about marriage, family, and workplace relationships, then you have come to an excellent resource! In my books you will find techniques that have proven to help people work through what seemed to be insurmountable problems.
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Confront with Confidence!Most people hate conflict, but avoiding unresolved controversy can drain your energy, wreak havoc on your emotions and destroy your health. That's why relationship expert Lee Raffel created this proven program to help you handle your personal, family, and workplace disputes with courage, confidence, and sensitivity. |

