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Child, Adolescent, Adult, & Couples Therapy
Founder of ‘ The AND Discipline Method ’
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New research shows our love affair with our phones is ruining our real-life relationships.
It’s also revealed we’re choosing to text or email bad news rather than having those difficult conversations face-to-face.
The rise of dating apps such as Tinder appear to be helping Kiwis open up about their feelings, with one in five people admitting to using phones or apps to confess their love for the first time.
Parents will often discuss the pressure they feel to conform to how other people raise and discipline their children. As a collective society we tend to follow trends and what we come to know, yet, at times we are unsure how we have come to know it.
The rise of dating apps such as Tinder appear to be helping Kiwis open up about their feelings, with one in five people admitting to using phones or apps to confess their love for the first time.
A new survey has revealed many New Zealanders are unhappy with their partners’ smartphone usage.
Seeing things through a variety of lens helps you take a more flexible approach and depersonalise situations.
Anna Martin is a child, adolescent and adult therapist who specialises in the discipline process and the parent/child relationship. She has developed two new methods called Awareness Discipline Method and the Reflective Discipline Method, which support the bond between parents and children.
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More than a third of New Zealanders are concerned their partners are spending too much time on their smartphone. Thirty-nine percent of 2,200 New Zealanders surveyed by 2degrees believe the amount of time being spent on their smartphones is affecting the quality of their relationship. The survey also found more than half of New Zealanders choose their phone or computer if they have to deliver bad news. Relationship expert Dr Anna Martin discusses the issue with Susie Ferguson. She says if smartphone use is affecting your relationships, making technology-free rituals is a good idea.
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Clinical therapist Anna Martin’s new book Listen to me! Taking the conflict out of child discipline aims to provide parents with strategies that put listening and the wellbeing of children before lecturing.
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The show has come under fire for its early timeslot on national TV, given the sexual premise of the show.
Anna Martin told Mike Hosking that the issue comes with these shows focus on things such as sexual attractiveness.
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