Candida Abrahamson is a life coach, counselor, mediator and hypnotherapist.

Dr. Abrahamson has been coaching and mediating since graduating with a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1984. She helps adults and adolescents through the particular struggles of our time: tension between couples, parenting frustration, blending new families, separation and divorce, (un)employment, cancer, and loss. With reason and moderation she assists people in shifting from fear and hopelessness to problem-solving and respect. When relationships come to an impasse, she uses mediation te...

Dr. Abrahamson has been coaching and mediating since graduating with a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1984. She helps adults and adolescents through the particular struggles of our time: tension between couples, parenting frustration, blending new families, separation and divorce, (un)employment, cancer, and loss. With reason and moderation she assists people in shifting from fear and hopelessness to problem-solving and respect. When relationships come to an impasse, she uses mediation techniques to try to ensure that each party will have his/her needs heard and accounted for in a dignified way. In addition to talking, listening, and reframing, she utilizesuse the tools of metaphor, active teaching, role-playing, visualization, and occasionally hypnotherapy.