Peter Fraenkel

Contributed by Peter Fraenkel

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Magazine Article - Case Study

November 29, 2022

Helping Couples on the Brink

How Validating Ambivalence Can Foster Hope

Peter Fraenkel & Erica Turner

How can we meet last-chance couples exactly where they are? Read More

Magazine Article

January 6, 2022

Whatever Happened to Family Therapy?

Today's Renaissance in Systems Thinking

Peter Fraenkel

In their rush to change family systems—if not the world—family therapists didn’t anticipate that they too would be affected by structural forces. Read More

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Magazine Article - Case Study

August 26, 2020

Last-Chance Therapy in a Tumultuous Time

Discovering Hope in Higher Values with Couples

Peter Fraenkel & Donna Baptiste

Working with couples on the brink of divorce during this pressure-cooker time requires us to help them “reach up” to their highest values. Read More

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Magazine Article - Case Study

December 27, 2019

The Therapist as Traffic Cop

Learning the Hard Way with a Volatile Couple

George Faller & Peter Fraenkel

Being a good traffic cop can mean the difference between success or failure as a couples therapist.* Commentary by Peter Fraenkel Read More

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Magazine Article - Case Study

March 9, 2018

Second Adolescence

An Alternative to the Midlife Crisis

Tammy Nelson & Peter Fraenkel

Instead of viewing midlife as a time of emotional unraveling, therapists can see it as an opportunity to help clients gain a fuller sense of purpose in life’s later stages. Read More

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Magazine Article - Case Study

September 7, 2017

From Tough Love to Empathic Love

Teaching Parents to Earn Their Children’s Respect

Janet Sasson Edgette & Peter Fraenkel

Helping families move past stalemates often means teaching parents to earn their children’s respect. Read More

Magazine Article

May 1, 2011

From Isolation To Connection

How to Create a Community of Practice

Peter Fraenkel

A modest proposal about how to get out of your cubbyhole, enliven your conversations with others in the field, and experience a new kind of professional community. Read More

Peter Fraenkel, PhD, is a couple therapist, psychologist, associate professor of psychology at City College of New York, and professional drummer who studied with Aretha’s drummer. He received the 2012 American Family Therapy Award for Innovative Contribution to Family Therapy, and is the author of Sync Your Relationship, Save Your Marriage: Four Steps to Getting Back on Track, and Last Chance Couple Therapy: Bringing Couples Back from the Brink.