Couples & Marriage Counseling
Your first session you will come together as a couple, and then your counselor will meet with each of you individually in order to get a complete picture of your reasons for coming to counseling and an understanding of the dynamics of your partnership. From an attachment- based perspective, each person has a history they bring into their relationships, so it is important to understand how your past impacts your present. We use a combination of the Gottman couples method and emotionally focused therapy to help you reach your goals. After the initial assessment is complete, we will then meet with you as a couple to begin working together on any identified issues. Ideally, sessions will be weekly at first.
Couples seek counseling for a variety of reasons, some are currently in a crisis, while others are hoping to be proactive in establishing or maintaining a healthy partnership. Some of these reasons include: a “tune-up” in communication, wanting a more satisfying partnership, parenting issues, resolving conflict around an identified issue or issues, extra-marital affairs, sex issues, and/or impending separation or divorce.