Marriage counseling that Heals in Elburn, IL. Restore Your Relationship.

Relationships can be a great source of pleasure and at times a great source of stress. We help individuals address the issues causing relational distress, teach relationship skills, and coach clients on how to use the skills to cultivate dynamic relationships.

Couples and families often come feeling hopeless and discouraged; unable to see many positive things in their relationships. Debra works with couples and families to restore hope and a belief in restoring love in their battered relationships.

We work with a variety of issues-Depression, Anger, Anxiety (group and individual formats), Bipolar disorder, Trauma, Child and Adolescent work (males and females), Sexual Abuse, Play Therapy, Family therapy, Cultural issues (adapting to the western culture), and LGBTQ.

We will work as a team to help you to find the spark that drew you together. We will work to uncover the patterns of behavior and communication that have dampened that spark. We will discover ways to rebuild and reawaken the hopes and dreams of spending a life together.

Infidelity, lying, betrayal, avoidance & fighting - If you're facing any of these in your relationship, we should talk! Couples counseling can help improve communication, reduce conflict, and restore intimacy & trust. EFT counseling for couples has a 90% success rate!

An important part of my work is fostering greater understanding, intimacy and satisfaction for couples and families. As I listen closely, compassionately and thoroughly, I can assist you in developing and enhancing the skills you need to improve your relationships.

Dr. Marcelo uses a shor-term, solution focused approach to marital therapy. Couples examine the interactions, communication, and roles that are working and those that are not. As opposed to continuing the "blame game", individuals take responsibility for change.

A hopeless marriage is one of the most draining and devastating issues. There is hope. Marriage therapy works. You can look forward to coming home. You can enjoy your marriage. You can feel loved and understood.

I provide marital, premarital and relationship counseling. I believe most relationship issues stem from partners feeling misunderstood by their loved one. This can often lead to symptomatic problems that bring couples to counseling. I help couples to bridge that gap

I've been working with couples for about 40 years, am married 47 years. We worked professionally together and raised our family. I really enjoy working with couples of all ages, helping them learn to cope with marital expectations while finding their joy together

I teach couples how to communicate as a team. I have discovered that what became a big problem with couples is that they got in a rut, existing on auto-pilot. Whether one or both of you begins therapy, your relationship will improve in studying how it's been going.

More relationships fail than succeed because to maintain a lifetime connection takes sacrifice and commitment. The skills to sustain a committed relationship go against human nature. I work with couples to develop habits that will keep them together.

If you are struggling with your marriage, let's work together to establish healthy communication skills and effective conflict resolution to restore a loving and supportive relationships.

Deciding to see a marriage/couples counselor can be a very difficult decision. I try to make the process and easy as I can. My goal is to provide both of you real world tools to help with your relationship.

I believe that we all need someone to talk with who will really listen and accept us as we are. I provide my clients with a warm, non-judgmental environment- a safe place to explore the issues that may be preventing you from experiencing the relationship you deserve.

I use the concept of PIES which is making sure that married couples have intimacy in the; Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual areas of the marriage. I also help couples accept their spouses and learn to appreciate who they were and are today. Dating is key.

The idea that marriage takes a lot of work can be an understatement. Two individual people learn to grow together, adapt, and adjust to life's obstacles. In marriage and family counseling, we sit as an objective facilitator and challenger in strengthening your marriage.

For over 25 years I have worked in the specialty of marriage/couple therapy. Affairs do not have to mean the end of a relationship. Unproductive repetitious patterns can be broken. I offer a newly developed service called Discernment Counseling for couples @ crossroads.

I will help you and your partner manage your differences, express your needs, improve problem-solving and communicate your feelings more authentically to re-establish your relationship to a more fulfilling and loving one.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.