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"I will give it my best shot. Drawing on the power of the Holy Spirit living in me, I am willing to forgive, to forget, and to wait patiently for my spouse"
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Providing Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy
Treatment specialization includes:
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Couples and Family Therapy for Relationship Concerns
- Communication, Intimacy, Emotional Connection
- Premarital Assessment and Counseling
- Affair Recovery, Infertility Distress
- Parenting Support and Step-family Parenting
Individual Therapy for Adults and Adolescents
- Work, School, and Career issues
- Stress Management
- Addiction & Recovery
- Conflict Resolution
Why Should I Consider Therapy?
Deciding to examine and to work on issues and concerns in your life is an active and courageous first step in the process of changing your life for the better. Whether you have had previous experience with counseling or are seeking professional services for the first time, choosing to engage in therapy can be a big decision. While it may be a hard decision to make, it may also be one of the best decisions you can make.
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Finding a professional who is respectful of your beliefs and values as well as one who is clinically competent is very important. A professional counseling process should support the development of your sense of responsibility for your own life decisions. Counseling will help you to learn to help yourself, and to clarify what you think, feel, and value. Working in therapy with a professional will help to generate alternate ways of thinking about yourself and dealing with your concerns.
How to Benefit from Couples Counseling
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Problems within a marriage are problems that both partners contribute to in some fashion. A major goal in therapy is to help each partner focus on what they can do to change their relationship, rather than on what their partner should do. A key step of the therapeutic process is for each partner to see how their own reactions to the behaviors they find most upsetting in their partner actually fuels these behaviors. It’s as if we say to our partner, "if you were different, I could be better."
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This approach assumes that the relationship will improve if only one partner changes the part he/she plays in the marriage; however, if both partners are willing to “work their own program” success is more likely.
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Counseling is not a miracle cure for your marital ills. You will make changes to your marriage mostly outside of the time you are in counseling. Be patient, change takes time – don’t expect perfection from your spouse.
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