Couples counseling

The decision to initiate couples counseling demonstrates the partners’ commitment to the health of the relationship. Couples counseling starts with an initial commitment and supports each partners’ efforts to communicate and gain a better understanding of one another. Couples counseling is a safe place to explore areas where you and your partner(s) tend to have conflict. Having a neutral therapist to assist with exploring these issues can be very helpful in changing entrenched patterns of communicating and can facilitate movement and growth individually and as a couple. Valuable skills are developed as a result of counseling’s focus on the following:

-Successful negotiation of conflict

-Effective communication strategies

-Nurturing attachment, intimacy and connection

-Utilizing successes to address unresolved areas of concern

-Development of personal responsibility within the relationship

The healthy skills that are refined can be utilized to address specific issues. While partners may initiate couples counseling to resolve a particular issue, the knowledge gained has lifelong benefits and will continue to serve the relationship far into the future.