Great Couples Counseling in Ocala, FL. Therapy to heal relationships.

Couple's counseling can benefit almost any relationship that is intimate and requires effective communication to thrive. I offer Gottman Therapy Techniques to help couples (i.e. married, engaged, partners, same-sex, divorced, co-parenting, etc.) learn to communicate in an effective and healthy manner that will help couples to manage disagreements as well as become more intimate and build trust.

Couples counseling…whether you are a married couple, a living-together couple, a same-sex couple or a couple of friends...will help clarify individual wants, needs and expectations when your relationship seems to be going sour. It will also offer a template for healthy relationships. Then through our time together we will consider ways to accommodate your wants, needs and expectations in a manner that honors healthy relating. The health of a relationship is only as good as the health of the individual.

Are you feeling lonely in your own marriage? Disrespected? Misunderstood? It doesn’t have to stay this way. Far too often, high-achieving men feel disrespected and lonely within their own marriages. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I help men and their wives to rediscover the incredible value they bring to the marriage, and help them negotiate a hopeful path forward. I will help you identify destructive patterns in your marriage and provide healthier alternatives. I’ll help you improve communication, learn to fight fair, and increase understanding and connection. While it’s not easy work, there is hope. If given the chance, I would be honored to help you fight for your marriage.

Couples work is unique and interesting. What a lot of people don't understand it that of course you have different viewpoints - you are in different bodies, have different life experiences and are actually looking at different views! Many times the problem is simply communication: no matter how many times you tell your partner what you need, they just don't hear it. That is where I come in- helping people to get heard and also to hear clearly! In this way there can be a softening and a coming together, with both partners feeling loved and understood. You don't have to continue fighting, and counseling doesn't mean you failed. It is a gift you give your relationship to help nurture it.

Unfortunately many of us are not taught how to build lasting and meaningful relationships. Often communication fails and we are left feeling unloved and alone. Fortunately, we can all learn how to communicate in a loving and empowered way. Schedule a session so I can coach you in getting the love you want. I specialize in traditional and non-traditional relationship structures, dating, decrement therapy, and divorce therapy. With my training in Gottman Couples Therapy, Imago, and EFT I have a plethora of wisdom to share with you. I provide education on attachment styles, love languages, sex language, and more. Craving connection? Schedule a session today.

What are the most common couples' issues? If you are thinking "communication, conflict, sex, money, child rearing" you are correct. However, most therapists will go after the symptom on each side of the couple fence thinking that the way to effective change is by getting each party to "work" on their respective "issue". Many times the parties don’t agree but comply. Imagine if you could align the unconscious brains of a couple and stop the "working on your issues" part that has become so popular in therapy settings? Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com to learn how! Or call 877-606-6161. DR. FLEMING'S NEW RELATIONSHIP/COUPLES INTENSIVES. www.kevinflemingphd.com/marriage-couples-retreats.php

Let me guess. One partner feels alone and like they don't matter and the other feels they are always being criticized and can't get anything right. The more one asks for the other to show up, the more the partner disappears physically and emotionally. You both bicker and fight and the idea of sitting and just hanging out seems elusive, if not impossible. Something like this? Often we crave connection but are blocked by the pain and the history that gets in the way. Small fights about little things become battles that highlight our struggle to have our basic relational needs met. I can help you get under the bickering to the parts crying out for connection- to an enriching relationship.