Pre Marriage Counseling
Marriage Counseling: What It Is And What It Isn’t
When coming to marriage counseling, it’s important to know what to expect and what not to expect. After doing marriage counseling for over 2 decades, I’ve noticed a few things that I can share to help you understand. Marriage Counseling Is A Place To Talk First, marriage counseling, simply put, is a place to talk…
Read MoreResentment and Negative Sentiment Override in Couples Therapy
How Couples Therapy Can Help Solve Negative Sentiment Override Did you know that most couples wait an average of six years to seek couples therapy? You might not be surprised by that statistic. If you are reading this, you might be seeking couples therapy for the first time. Or maybe you’ve been before and you…
Read MoreSex Therapy: The Importance of Communication
Learning Better Communication Skills in Therapy Can Improve Your Sex Life You may have heard of sex therapy, but you might not realize that sex therapy is often not even about sex. As strange as that seems, sex therapy typically focuses on your communication with your spouse. Today, you will learn about how improving communication…
Read MoreCommunication Skills: Requests Vs. Boundaries
Communication Skills: How to Set Better Boundaries In our last blog post you learned about the basics of boundaries and how therapy can improve your communication skills. But what if you have tried to set boundaries and it seems like they just aren’t working? What is missing? Today, we will talk about a common mistake…
Read MoreCommunication Skills: Boundaries
Communication Skills: What is a Boundary? Your experience in individual, couples, or family therapy will all have one thing in common; you will improve your communication skills. The thought of improving your communication can seem overwhelming or unattainable. Where can you begin when it comes to better communication with your loved ones? A great first…
Read MorePremarital Counseling: Encouraging Fondness and Admiration
Premarital Counseling: Building Fondness and Admiration In our last post, you learned about how to build a “sound relationship house”, and how premarital counseling can help you and your fiance prepare for your life together. (Source) Now, we’ll talk about some things that will help reinforce the walls of your relationship house. (Related Article: Premarital…
Read MorePremarital Counseling: Building a Sound Relationship House
Premarital Counseling: How to Start a Strong “Relationship House” As an engaged couple in premarital counseling, you will learn how to build and maintain a strong marriage relationship. And that sounds great! But what does that mean? How can you anticipate what you will need from each other over the years? And how can you…
Read MoreMarriage Counseling Myths: “Couples Counseling is for Broken Marriages”
Debunking Marriage Counseling Myths: “Couples Therapy is for Broken Marriages” Deciding to start marriage counseling might seem like a sign that you and your partner are failing or that you are doomed. There might be a few reasons why it seems that way. Maybe you view marriage counseling based on how you’ve seen it portrayed…
Read MoreCouples Counseling and Infertility
How Couples Counseling Can Help You Cope with The Stress of Infertility If you are seeking couples counseling to help you and your partner deal with the overwhelming stress of infertility, you are not alone. Infertility can be a stressful, emotionally draining experience. Not to mention the physical stress and discomfort that you experience with…
Read MoreRelationship Counseling: Avoid Harsh Start-Up
Relationship Counseling: Preventing Conflict at the Source With “Soft Start-Up” In my last post, you learned about a counseling skill that can help you perform “preventative maintenance” on your relationship to prevent future fighting. (Click here to read more). Today, we will talk about another small thing you can try that will help you and…
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