Congratulations Abigail!! You are one of the 2024 Nominees for the Marion Lindblad-Goldberg Award. The prestigious award acknowledges individuals in Pennsylvania who exemplify the vision of Dr. Marion Lindblad-Goldberg, a trailblazer in ecosystemic structural family therapy. Your nomination symbolizes appreciation for your contributions in enhancing the world, advocating for positivity and healing within families. It showcases confidence in your ability to connect people and cultivate hope through systemic and relational intervention.
“Abby is warm and encouraging to our families, yet is able to maintain professional boundaries. I have seen Abby inspire change in many of our families, even those that had been resistant at first. Abby always shows empathy to our families as well as treating them with dignity and respect. Abby is aware of the social ecology that affects our families from the environments that influence them and is able to bring that awareness and interaction into the focus of treatment with a discerning eye. Abby will often set up collaborations with our client’s supports. Abby is able to empower our parents through a crisis to take the lead and de-escalate their children as she has them focus on the positives. Abby will often pause during sessions to assess with all her senses to grasp the next step in helping our families, then will give a simple directive or encouragement that takes the session into a positive direction. Abby will also turn to me as her partner and discuss the next step or talk out how we are going to continue the session so that we model for the family how to utilize turning to each other with positive communication. Overall, I am incredibly proud of my partner. She is organized and supportive and inspires me every day.”
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