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Christine Meinecke, Ph.D.

Christine Meinecke received a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas in 1983. She interned at Colorado State University Counseling Center and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Meinecke is in her nineteenth year of full-time private practice in Des Moines, Iowa. Prior to entering private practice, she worked in hospital mental health settings She has taught psychology and psychotherapy classes to undergraduates, graduate students, and medical residents. She is also a playwright. Her full-length, comedic play, Flutter the Dovecotes, was the 2009 winner of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop competition and was premiered by Tallgrass Theatre Company in January 2010. For more information about Flutter the Dovecotes click ”works” tab. For thirty-plus years, she has practiced yoga and taught yoga classes in various settings. She met her beloved wrong person while both were graduate students at University of Kansas. They have been married twenty-nine years.

Stories By Christine Meinecke, Ph.D.

Marriage

How To Beat The Odds And Have A Successful Marriage

By Christine Meinecke, Ph.D.Oct 30, 2015

With at least 50% of marriages now ending in divorce it makes sense to find out...
Marriage

Want a Happy Marriage? Follow This Rule

By Christine Meinecke, Ph.D.Dec 15, 2013

Follow this single guideline for a happy marriage As much as we wish it were not so or...
Communication

Runnin’ with Your Hair Blowin’ Back Fuels Negative Emotions

By Christine Meinecke, Ph.D.Nov 29, 2013

Intense negative emotions and a sense of urgency often go together Only natural, right? You’re feeling threatened, so...
Marriage

The Real Reason Marriages Fail Revealed

By Christine Meinecke, Ph.D.Nov 28, 2013

Marriages fail because partners don’t try hard enough. Right? According to conventional wisdom, matrimonial slackers cause marital dissatisfaction. Seems...
Communication

Dominate Negative Emotions and Notions of Compromise to Achieve True Harmony

By Christine Meinecke, Ph.D.Nov 28, 2013

Win the Power Struggle Where there are two human beings, there are struggles over whose wants...
Relationship issues

Why You Should Never Take Your Partner’s Criticism Personally

By Christine Meinecke, Ph.D.Sep 23, 2013

Changing defensive first reactions into rational responses to your partner’s criticism Client: She treats me like...