Lori Edelson

Birmingham Maple Clinic

2075 West Big Beaver Rd.

Troy, MI 48084

Phone Number: (248) 646-6659

Email: ledelson@birminghammaple.com

I have been treating couples for over twenty five years. My philosophical approach to treating heterosexual and same-sex couples involves the basic belief that maintaining lifelong relationships involves conscious effort and diligent work to keep the relationship vital and healthy. Couples often believe that marriage should be 'easier' when each partner loves the other and that there is "no good reason for anger in a truly good marriage." Often I see my job as teaching couples what a 'healthy relationship' entails. Communication, compromise, understanding one's own needs and the needs of their partner, how to express and share intimacy, and accepting each other's differences are some of the important areas to understand to have a healthy, lifelong relationship. Couples I have treated have struggled with addiction, infidelity, betrayal, "falling out of love," sexual dysfunction, and other presenting symptoms.

Gender: Female

Graduate Degree: MSW

University: Wayne State University

License: LMSW

License: LMFT

Certifications/Awards/Memberships/Publications:

National Association of Social Workers

Chair, Michigan State Board of Marriage and Family Therapy

Academy of Certified Social Workers

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Michigan Women Psychologists

Member of Forensic and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists Association

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

North American Menospause Society

Women's Economic Club

Member of Disciplinary Sub-Committee for State Board of Marriage and Family Therapists