Word: psychotherapist
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...single mothers remain small, the ranks are rapidly rising. The National Center for Health Statistics reports that from 1980 to 1988 the birthrate among unmarried white women between the ages of 30 and 34 surged 68%, and 69% for those 35 to 39. Merle Bombardieri, a Boston-area psychotherapist, says that of the almost 1,000 women contemplating single motherhood whom she has counseled, about two-thirds are heterosexual and one- third lesbian...
...several failed romances when she began contemplating her decision. "My relationships were not developing along the course I had hoped," she says. "I really love kids and feel I have a lot to offer." She discussed the idea of single motherhood with her own mother, friends and a psychotherapist. But it was concern about encountering fertility problems as she grew older that convinced her that "the time had come." She was impregnated by donor insemination, and was expecting a baby in late October...
...children mature within the shelter of the family, they develop what psychologists call a sense of self. They acquire sensitivities and skills that lead them to believe they can cope independently. "People develop through a chain," observes Dr. Carol West, a child psychotherapist in Beverly Hills. "There has to be stability, a consistent idea...
...boys sit in a county jail not far from skid row, tans fading, while their lawyers battle over whether prosecutors can introduce tapes or notes of confidential conversations between the Menendez boys and their psychotherapist. A lower court ruled the tapes were admissible, but the California Supreme Court stayed the decision and is expected to issue its ruling next month. So far, crime fans and predatory screenwriters waiting to learn how the story ends have had to content themselves with a steamy drama playing outside the courtroom, as the details emerge about how police knew to look for those tapes...
...none of this was conclusive -- not even the shotgun shell casing found in Lyle's jacket -- until a mysterious witness emerged. An informant told police that psychotherapist Jerome Oziel had tapes and notes of his sessions with the Menendez boys in which they confessed to the crime. The informant added that she overheard the confessions from the doctor's waiting room. Police seized the tapes and arrested Lyle; three days later, Erik turned himself...