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New Beginnings
13129 Clifton Road
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Carol Randolph, Founder
Phone: (301) 384-0111
Membership support group is for separated and divorced individuals. Discussion meetings, held several times a week, and workshops are open to nonmembers. Additional activities are open to members. Call for details.
Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy
149 E. 78th St.
New York, NY 10021
Dr. Peter Steinglass, Director; Garda Spaulding, Director of Intake
Phone: (212) 879-4900; Fax: (212) 744-0206
This organization provides family and couples treatment and helps divorcing partners resolve issues of child care; for instance, how to tell children about a divorce and how to keep the child from the center of conflict. Divorce is never a positive experience, says Garda Spaulding, director of intake, but we try to show parents how to keep it as benign as possible.
International Association for Marriage and Family Counselors
c/o American Counseling Association
5999 Stevenson Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22304
John L. Jaco, Executive Director
Phone: (703) 823-9800; Fax: (703) 823-0252; Toll-free: (800) 545-AACD
The association provides referrals to members working in the areas of marriage counseling, marital therapy, divorce counseling, mediation, and family counseling and therapy.
American Self-Help Clearinghouse
St. Clares-Riverside Medical Center
Denville, NJ 07834
Edward J. Madara, Director
Phone: (201) 625-7101; Fax: (201) 625-8848
This group serves as a resource center for self-help groups in the state of New Jersey and also lists out-of-state help lines and toll-free numbers for related organizations all over the United States.

 
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