Factors of everyday life can put an abundant strain on a relationship. Severe stressors may include resentment, infidelity, intimacy issues, lack of trust, and miscommunication. When problems go unresolved, or a partner is suffering from mental illness or health complications, one can feel helpless or have feelings of guilt or shame. Communicating effectively on both parts can alleviate emotional anxiety from subjects of all kind.
Couples often seek couples or marriage counseling when the relationship is at a standstill, or if they are unsure whether or not the relationship is worth salvaging. This type of therapy can benefit families with children who have been affected by relationship issues such as divorce, and confront the source of the conflict.
I mainly utilize the research and evidence approach:The Gottman Method for Couples Therapy. I provide the following types of couples therapy:
Couples Therapy for One: Change the way you feel, think and behave, so that you get what you want in your relationship. Cost per session : $150
Couples/Marriage Therapy: Learning how to communicate and understand each other better. Cost per session: $250
Marathon Therapy: Consecutive days of Couples therapy: Intensive therapy for Couples that need immediate/crisis help:$5500.
Premarital /Couples Therapy: Learning about each other before committing to each other. Cost per session: $250.
Discernment Counseling: If one spouse is not sure they want to stay married AND doubts that couples therapy can help, then Discernment Counseling is exactly where the couple belongs. The leaning-out partner is supported where they are emotionally, and the leaning-in spouse is equally supported in their own emotional state. Discernment Counseling avoids starting half-hearted couples therapy with these mixed-agenda couples. It accepts ambivalence rather than trying to work around it or overcome it. Cost per session: $250.
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