Merry Frons


Merry Frons Ph.Dc, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in New York City specializing in relationship issues for couples and individuals. She is a Board Certified Clinical Sexologist, AASECT certified sex therapist, Diplomate of the American Board of Sexology as well as a Certified Imago relationship therapist. She is certified in EMDR and trained in clinical hypnosis.

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Couples Counseling and Therapy



With over 20 years of counseling experience, Merry understands the changing dynamics of relationships over time and is able to help couples break out of unproductive patterns and establish new, healthier and more satisfying ways of relating and sharing their lives.

She has helped couples overcome the rough patches in their relationships to move from disappointment to rebuilding a union with increased love, support, intimacy and respect.

Imago Therapy is one technique that teaches specific, easily learned strategies that allows couples to communicate in a safe, effective way that resolves conflicts and increases intimacy.

We also use techniques and teachings from family systems, psychodynamic and object relations theory as well as the cognitive restructuring techniques of CBT and DBT, the information procesessing of EMDR, Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and techniques from Merry's post graduate work in clinical sexuality.

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Books That May Be Helpful

General

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra

Thoughts Without a Thinker by Mark Epstein

Chop Wood/Carry Water by Rich Fields

Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow by Marsha Sinetar

Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: How the Body Holds the Secrets of a Life, and How to Unlock Them by Maggie Scarf

Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck

Talking From 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work by Deborah Tannen

Relationships/Marital/Couples

The Relationship Cure by John Gottman

Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix

How Can I Get Through to You? by Terrence Real

You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen

Addictions and Recovery

The Craving Brain by Ronald A. Ruden, M.D., Ph.D

The Tao of Sobriety by David Gregson and Jay S. Efran, Ph.D.

Of Course You’re Angry: A Family Guide to Dealing with the Emotions of Chemical Dependence by Gayle Rosellini and Mark Worden

Helping Your Chemically Dependent Teenager Recover by Peter R. Cohen, M.D.

Parenting

Overindulged Children: A Parent’s Guide to Mentoring by James A. Fogarty, Ed.D.

You’re Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation by Deborah Tannen