Couples Counseling

Whether you are looking for ways to grow closer or want to stop growing apart - Couples counseling can make a profound difference in the quality of your relationship.

Relationship Enhancement

The dynamics of relationships are always evolving.  Couples counseling can help partners to navigate changes in their relationship, to re-align with their partner and to enhance the strength of their connection.

Enhancing Relationship Skills Topics:
  • Rebuilding intimacy
  • Improving communication
  • Reconnecting with each other as partners
  • Making room for your relationship within your family, work and community obligations
  • Reconnecting with your and your partner’s needs
  • Reconnecting after growing apart
  • Creating a strong parenting team
  • Renewing your interest and affection for  your partner

Communication

​Communication is the basis of all strong relationships – it is also the number one reason people seek couples counseling.  Many partners find that their relationship will improve dramatically with each partner making small changes in their communication patterns and learning to work together toward the relationship they want.
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Conflict

​Conflict is what generally drives a couple into counseling.  Conflicts may include a variety of topics from infidelity to sexual concerns to adjusting to changes in lifestyle.  Couples counseling can teach skills to effectively address conflicts in a facilitative and safe environment.

Conflict Management Skill Building Topics:
•    How to listen and understand
•    How to be heard
•    Listening without judgement
•    Rebuilding the partnership of marriage
•    Reducing resentment and frustration
•    Compromise and letting go
•    Recovering from conflict
​ “Real-life romance is fueled by a far more humdrum approach to staying connected.  It is kept alive each time you let your spouse know he or she is valued during the grind of everyday life.” – John Gottman, Ph.D.