Great Couples Counseling in Norwood, NC. Therapy to heal relationships.

I love working with couples. I believe in the foundation of healthy relationships and understand that sometimes people are "stuck". I'm a certified Prepare and Enrich instructor that allows couples to discover who they are in order to work together as a team. This approach addresses those who are in relationships, engaged or struggling in their marriages.

Are you in a new relationship and already having issues? Or are you in a marriage that doesn't feel like a marriage anymore? Either way being in a relationship is hard work! If you are willing to do what it takes to save your relationship I will walk along beside you and help you communicate and bring healing to your relationship. Both partners must be willing to participate for couples therapy to work.

In our first session we will take a look at what brings you to therapy and what you would like to see different. To further understand the dynamics of your relationship, you will take a relationship inventory that will assess the strengths and the areas of growth in your relationship. Based on your story and the results of the assessment, we will set the goals for your therapy that will guide us in the process of rebuilding and improving your relationship with your significant other. We will use exercises from Gottman Method to help you become friends again, increase fondness and admiration for each other, and learn healthy communication and conflict resolution skills.

I work with couples with the understanding that their relationship is the "client" in the room. However, it is important for each client to realize when they enter a counseling session, they bring with them all of their past/family of origin/hurts/pain/etc that make them who they are. So while focusing on the relationship, they must be aware of how they are contributing to the presenting problems. Communication and conflict resolution are at the core of the work I do with couples.

I enjoy helping couples find joy in their marriage, renew passion for one another and learn how to communicate effectively. When couples learn how to listen to each other effectively, intimacy is increased. I help couples work through communication issues as well as learn how to manage stress in their life. I also help couples look at some of the most common pitfalls in communication and how they can identify and correct these pitfalls. I offer a compassionate and caring approach that helps couples utilize strengths as well as help couples work as a team to overcome their challenges!