Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence
Congratulations to Family ReEntry’s Board Chair Ronda Muir on the publication of her book, “Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence.” It’s the first comprehensive guide to understanding, using and raising emotional intelligence in...
What does it mean to be a father?
Composed by Fathers for Change client and IPV-FAIR Clinician Sonya Klein — What does it mean to be a father? It means everything… I’m only here because I need to know they are okay Fathers… Console their kids Make sure their needs are met Show...
A First Chance for Children to Thrive in a Healthy Home: Disrupting the Cycle of Violence
By Rebecca Martorella, LMFT, Program Manager IPV-FAIR April 1, 2017 – We meet the mothers in their homes. Often caring for multiple children with little support, fathers absent or recently removed from the household due to restraining orders placed after a...
The PTSD I Couldn’t See
By Amy Oestreicher, Guest Blogger — Originally Published Feb. 14, 2017 — I grew up thinking an “illness” was either a fever or croup. Illness was a stuffy nose – a sick-day, an excuse to miss a day of school. At 18 years old, “illness” took on an...
