Nationally Renowned Relationship Expert Available for Interview
For many families, the holiday season isn’t a picture-perfect occasion featured in holiday movies. The season can bring boiling family tension to the surface, especially when you add in wine, bad weather, and travel woes.
Leading relationship and love expert Dr. Laura Berman, host of UNCOVERED WITH DR. LAURA BERMAN, explains that whether it is a disagreement with the in-laws or a longtime family feud, family drama doesn’t have to derail your holiday spirit.
“;Most of us have personas that we play out within our lives, particularly within our families and our most intimate relationships,” says Dr. Laura Berman. “Your persona is likely an old role you practiced even in childhood, and it usually serves some purpose, whether it’s to get attention, unleash stress, or simply make your voice heard.”;
Dr. Berman notes that you can make a conscious effort to get out of your persona, by noticing when you are slipping into your childhood role of “forgotten middle-child” or “bossy older sister” and refusing to engage with your family members when they are in their personas. “It might feel strange to flip the script and refuse to engage in your usual roles, but in doing so, you can defuse the situation and take the adrenaline and the drama out of the day,” adds Dr. Berman. “Best of all, you will be modeling healthy communication and family behavior for your own children.”;
About Dr. Laura Berman, PhD
Laura Berman, PhD, is a world renowned sex and relationship educator and therapist; popular TV, radio and Internet host; New York Times best-selling author; and assistant clinical professor of ob-gyn and psychiatry at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. Considered a thought leader in her field, Dr. Berman has helped countless couples build stronger relationships, improve their sex lives, and achieve a heightened level of intimacy through her TV and radio shows, books, columns and website, along with her private practice based in Chicago. Dr. Berman is a New York Times best-selling author of many books on sexual health and pleasure, a weekly columnist for the Chicago Sun Times, and the host of the radio program “Uncovered with Dr. Laura Berman.” She has appeared on Fox News, CNN and the TODAY Show, as well as in The New York Times, USA Today, and every major woman’s magazine. Dr. Berman serves on the advisory board for The Dr. Oz Show and is a regular guest on The Steve Harvey Show. For more information, please visit: www.DrLauraBerman.com