If your partner feels more like a roommate than a soulmate, you may benefit from relationship or marriage counseling. The stress of raising children, long hours at work, chronic health conditions, and financial burdens can sabotage a marriage or partnership. Counseling is a safe place to explore the dynamics of your relationship, improve your communication, and learn to reconnect with one another.
Likewise, if you are contemplating divorce, nesting, or currently separated, therapy can help you navigate this transition well. Whether you stay married, or not, the most important goal must be to remain respectful throughout the process. This is good for you, and it’s absolutely vital if you have children. In these sessions, you will learn how to respectfully move through this transitional phase to mitigate against unnecessary emotional harm and psychological damage. You may also benefit from blogs and additional resources on this topic.
Finally, you get to define your relationship. Families and partnerships come in all shapes and sizes! I regularly work with blended families, same-sex couples, consensual non-monogamous partnerships, and those going through separation. I also work with healthy couples looking to take their relationship to the next level!
Signs of Trouble
- A general sense of growing apart
- Avoiding each other (conflict avoiders) or constant fighting
- Resentment or Contempt
- Lack of respect for each other
- Emotional abuse and manipulation
- Blaming behavior
- Infidelity or betrayal trauma
- Lack of sexual intimacy or physical touch
- Sarcasm and criticism
- Binge drinking, drug use, compulsive shopping, gambling, or other self-destructive behaviors that numb your pain and destroy your relationship
- Lack of enjoyment of each other
- Poor communication
Let’s talk. Book a session.
If your marriage or partnership is stale, emotionally draining, or unpredictable and chaotic, marriage therapy can be incredibly beneficial. In the process of therapy, you will learn new ways to connect, listen, and support each other, whether you remain married or are decide to divorce, these skills are important! Reach out to me with questions.
What to Expect
We will meet via HIPAA secure video conference (telehealth) 1x per week for 60-90 minutes. You may be in therapy for several months or a year. The length and frequency of your commitment to therapy will depend on many things and there is no ‘one size fits all’ formula. We will work together to improve your relationship, heal your past hurts and mistrusts, and achieve all of your treatment goals. Call me to learn more about how I can help you.
