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Valentine’s Day is not just for intimate lovers, it’s also an opportunity for families to celebrate love amongst each other.<\/span><\/p>\n But what if you were involved, or engaged in a <\/span>dysfunctional family<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n What can you do, to diminish the crazy making on an important day like this while also taking care of family dysfunction?<\/span><\/p>\n For the past 30 years, number one best-selling author, counselor and master Life Coach David Essel has been helping families learn how to heal, deal with family dysfunction, especially around Valentine’s Day.<\/span><\/p>\n Below, David gives his thoughts on how to celebrate the holidays with a dysfunctional family.<\/span><\/p>\n “A few years ago, a 25-year-old woman signed up to do <\/span>counseling sessions<\/span><\/a> with me via Skype, just before Valentine’s Day because she did not want to see a repeat of what happened for the past several years.<\/span><\/p>\n As she began her story of family dysfunction, her eyes welled up as she said “David, ever since I was a little girl all I wanted was my parents to get along on Valentine’s Day, and all I ever see is arguments, <\/span>arguments<\/span><\/a>, between them and the rest of our family.“<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>Celebrating Valentine’s Day with dysfunctional family<\/span><\/h2>\n