Emotional Capacity
How Individual Therapy Can Help You Cope with Loss
Maybe you are seeking individual therapy to deal with loss. But you’re not grieving a death. You might have been laid off from your job, or maybe you got a divorce. Maybe you just graduated and are feeling confused and unsure of where to go next. Your children might have all left your home and…
Read MoreMarriage Therapy: Building Connection With Your Spouse
If you are thinking about starting marriage therapy, you might feel like it will take a miracle to fix things in your relationship. You might worry that improving your marriage will require major changes and adjustments that feel unrealistic and unattainable. Your experiences in marriage therapy and your commitment will create big change. But, there…
Read MoreIndividual Therapy: More About Goals
In our recent blog post, you read about two common mistakes you might make when trying to set goals and how individual therapy can help you set more effective goals. Today, you will learn more about common mistakes people make that could prevent you from achieving your goals. You will also learn how individual therapy…
Read MoreCouples Therapy: Why Conflict Can be a Good Thing
You probably feel like conflict and communication issues are what go you into couples therapy in the first place. And that makes sense! Conflict is stressful and exhausting, and if you don’t have the tools to navigate conflict in a healthy way, it can be painful and even destructive to your relationship. But, should your…
Read MoreHow Individual Therapy Can Help You Set Better Goals
During your time in individual therapy, you will work with your therapist to create and meet goals. But, how can you create goals that work? And how can counseling help you figure out how to achieve those goals? Let’s talk about some common mistakes that make goals unreachable. Then, you will learn how individual therapy…
Read MoreCouples Therapy: Dreams within Conflict
If you are seeking couples therapy, you might feel stuck in a constant loop of conflict with your partner. You may argue about the same things over and over. Or maybe you feel like you are having the same kind of argument about different topics. Either way, the point is that you feel stuck and…
Read MoreMaking the Most of Your Teletherapy Appointments
If you are preparing to begin teletherapy via video, you might be wondering how you can make the most of your experience. After all, you are not seeing your therapist in person. You may be never actually meet your therapist face-to-face! So, how can you make sure you have the best experience possible in online…
Read MoreCouples Therapy for Empty Nesters
Pursuing couples therapy as an empty nester can be an uncomfortable experience. You and your spouse might wonder why things are so challenging! After all, the kids have left the house, and now you have more time together. Shouldn’t things be easier now? Why do they seem so much harder? Today, you will read about…
Read MoreCreating a Shared Vision in Marriage Counseling
You will work on a lot of different skills and goals during marriage counseling. And most of those goals revolve around creating a shared vision. Now, if you are currently struggling in your marriage and feel like you just can’t see eye-to-eye, this may seem like an unattainable goal. However, building a shared vision isn’t…
Read MoreIndividual Counseling: Practicing Acceptance
Individual counseling is a great place to learn to see things differently. For example, in my last blog post, you learned about how it can be useful to look at yourself as a person having thoughts instead of thinking that you ARE your thoughts. Today, you’ll read about acceptance; another concept that can help you…
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