How To Communicate Better
Communication Barriers
Communication barriers in marriage might sneak up on you and you don’t realize it until your marriage is suffering. Let’s review several barriers to communication that can hurt your relationship. We will also review what to do to fix them. As a marriage and family therapist in Orem and South Jordan for the past 18…
Read MoreWhat Marriage Counseling Can and Cannot Do For You
What can marriage counseling do and what are its limitations? If you are experiencing marriage problems and are like other couples, you have waited years too long to go into counseling. There are many reasons you might have waited, but here you are. Reading this article and thinking about going to counseling. What…
Read MorePre Marriage Counseling Tips
Pre marriage counseling will help you and your partner to increase the likelihood of marriage success. You will learn skills to communicate well, understand yourself better and work through issues together. Or, it could actually help you end your relationship before you get married. Either way, good thing. You don’t want to force a relationship…
Read MoreHow To Communicate Effectively In A Relationship
Most couples ask about how to communicate effectively in a relationship at one point or another. This isn’t something that is taught in school, given to you as a wedding present or even followed up on after your wedding. How you communicate before you are married is likely how you will communicate after you get…
Read MoreIndividual Counseling vs. Marriage Counseling
What is the difference between individual counseling and marriage counseling? There is a big difference, but it might not be apparent right away. You can read about what individual counseling is and what it isn’t here, but let’s take it a step further. Let’s talk about how it differs from marriage counseling. Focus of…
Read MoreFamily Therapy – How To Create A Stronger Family
After providing family therapy for almost two decades now, I have learned a lot from parents and their children. Some families seem to figure out what it takes to be healthy and strong, while others struggle. I want to share two principles with you about how to make your family stronger. This is based on…
Read MoreMarriage Counseling
Marriage counseling is probably one of the most difficult things you can do, and, subsequently, the most important. That is, If it’s something that you need. Most couples put off marriage counseling years after they probably need to start. This hurts your relationship because the problems you have continue to damage your marriage over the…
Read MoreCouples Therapy In Utah
Many partners entering couples therapy look for one thing: better communication. It would stand to reason, then, that the most common complaint I hear from couples is that they have ‘communication problems’ (Related Article: Relationship Problems and Communication Problems). But, what does this mean? It means the way you communicate with your spouse is painful.…
Read MoreHow To Communicate Better Through Boundaries
Want to learn how to communicate better? One of the most common relationship problems is setting boundaries incorrectly. Let’s talk about how setting boundaries appropriately helps you communicate well. Setting appropriate boundaries can be tricky and seems counterintuitive. Most people want to set boundaries with their partner because they, personally, are feeling uncomfortable in some…
Read MoreEmotions 101: How To Be Healthy – Counseling
Counseling can help you deal with uncomfortable emotions in a healthy way. Most of us try to avoid uncomfortable emotions. Who likes to feel sad, depressed, lonely, hurt, scared or betrayed? Don’t you try to NOT feel this way? You might even engaged in unhealthy behaviors to avoid your emotions. Most people do. I encountered…
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