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Topic:
Healthy Couples = Pre-Commitment
Counseling & Post-Dissolution Counseling
Hear about new ways for couples to
maximize success before, during and after
a commitment to a partner.
Guest:
Holly Pedersen, MFT, Ph.D.
 Co-founder
of Talk Works, providing individuals,
couples, and business organizations with
new skills that minimize stress and
maximize success.
Her professional experience includes
counseling and mediation for divorced,
separated and married couples; managing
and supervising professionals from
various backgrounds; developing
innovative training models for
professionals, schools and organizations;
and teaching effective life,
communication and conflict-resolution
skills to individuals, couples, and
business people.
While serving as Clinical Director of an
agency that provided mental health
services to foster children and their
families, Dr. Pedersen managed multiple
departments and trained dozens of mental
health clinicians to work with these
clients. Under her leadership, over 400
foster children were provided the
specialized care and counseling so
necessary for their emotional healing.
Dr. Pedersen is a skilled trainer,
instructor and presenter in the areas of
communication, conflict-resolution,
effective team building, and relationship
and family stress. Her theories on
combining sociology with family therapy
have been published in the Journal of
Sociological Practice.
Dr. Pedersen has been an instructor at
USC, and has lectured and provided
trainings to countless educational
programs, businesses and organizations
throughout the nation.
Trained as a family mediator through the
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Family
Court Services, and having gathered years
of experience conducting child custody
mediations for the Court, she is highly
skilled in the areas of
conflict-resolution, communication, and
effective negotiation.
As co-founder of Talk Works, Dr. Pedersen
has applied her conflict-resolution and
business experience to help develop the
revolutionary approach of “Forward
Communication” for Talk Works providing
individuals, couples, and business
organizations with new skills that
minimize stress and maximize success.
Website:
www.ourtalkworks.com
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