TRUEBeginnings Adds "Single Parent Expert" to Staff

(onlinedatingmagazine.com - April 29, 2004) TRUEBeginnings, a new online dating service, has added author, instructor, researcher and licensed psychotherapist Karin H. Bruckner, MA, LPC, to its growing team of psychology researchers. As the team's dedicated "Single Parent Expert," Bruckner will utilize her years of experience as a psychotherapist to offer the guidance, counsel and encouragement single parents need to find loving and lasting romantic relationships.

Bruckner brings nearly ten years of experience as a licensed counselor and therapist to the TRUEBeginnings team with specific expertise in such key areas as family and marital conflict, divorce and blended family issues, adolescent issues, anger management, crisis intervention, substance abuse and women's issues. In her new position at TRUEBeginnings, Bruckner will work closely with the company's director of psychological studies, James Houran, Ph.D., to provide those members who are single parents specialized counsel and relationship advice suited to their life goals.

"Single parents are under a great deal of pressure to 'do the right thing' both for themselves and for their children, which makes the goal of finding the right mate even more challenging," said Houran. "That's why we've added Karin Bruckner to our team -- as an expert who has the contemporary experience and understanding necessary to help our single-parent members find what they're looking for."

"I'm honored to be a part of the TRUEBeginnings team. We've got something special to offer single parents who are looking for a meaningful relationship, but don't have the time or resources to go about it thoroughly and effectively," said Bruckner. "TRUEBeginnings offers a veritable safe haven, where single-parent adults can find the compatibility they desire, with less risk and worry. My years of experience in marriage and family therapy have prepared me well to help today's single parents successfully navigate the dating world -- for both their happiness and their children's."

Prior to joining TRUEBeginnings, Bruckner worked for MHN, Inc., a national behavioral health services company. She is also the co-founder of an ongoing research project consisting of multiple long- and short-term studies concerning women's anger. Her research work has resulted in two books, The Anger Advantage and Women's Anger: Clinical and Developmental Perspectives. Additionally, based on her research, Bruckner has led several workshops focused on women, anger and families in crisis. Bruckner earned her MA in psychology, from Texas Women's University.