Great Couples Counseling in Churchville, NY. Therapy to heal relationships.

Romantic relationships are hard work, but more than that, they are about making a choice. Making the choice to put time and effort into this relationship because it's something you highly value, the same way you put effort into maintaining your car so that it lasts and runs smoothly. As a marriage and family therapist, I can provide the space to do this work, and help you develop the skills to improve communication, resolve conflict in a healthier manner, and promote intimacy and emotional connection.

There are countless models of healthy romantic relationships, from monogamous to polyamorous, and unique variations between partners. The scripts for dating and longterm relationships of our parents’ generations may not be applicable to your relationship, and there is no formal education in how to be a good partner or how to identify unhealthy relationships. But there is psychological research that shows that effective communication, emotional openness, intimacy, and other factors contribute to healthy relationships. Creating these conditions are skills that can be learned. I practice brief humanistic and emotion-focused therapy (EFT) to help my LGBTQ and hetero clients learn these skills.

Marriages and relationships have a core: the connection and bond between the two. When it's weak or untended-to, the strife and arguments begin. Help is needed to get to the core, hit the essential issues and needs, and many of the symptoms fade. For many, each spouse has a past, history, and baggage they carry into the relationship. It's a roadblock between you two, preventing connection and happiness. When removed, the relationship thrives.

Sometimes couples need an outside perspective to resolve conflict. We will work together to help you regain the emotional connection with your partner. We will work on improving communication skills to decrease the sadness, frustration and anger and bring back the happiness and joy in your relationship. I provide a safe and comfortable and non judgmental atmosphere.

Are you unhappy in your marriage? Do you find yourself wondering, is this how marriage is suppose to be/feel? Feeling more like roommates instead of life partners? Marriage or a long term relationship can be challenging, stressful, and difficult at times; especially when couples are experiencing frequent arguments, feelings of detachment within the relationship, emotions of resentment, dissatisfaction or emptiness, and unhappiness or lack of interest in physical relationship. Modern Therapy Services is able to help couples address their immediate problems and learn to communicate better with each other to achieve a relationship both individuals desire.

Rebuilding trust in the wake of betrayal is an overwhelming task for couples. Kavod Center for Addiction Recovery offers you a safe place to rebuild your sense of self and regain trust in your intuition and judgment. Using The 30 Tasks of Recovery model, we help you work through hurt of betrayal and address the issues and behaviors that fuel the addiction. By embracing honesty and respect for one’s self and others as the foundation for a healthy relationship, we help you gain the skills to solve problems and resolve conflicts with care and respect. Our couples support group also offers a safe community for continued healing. We also offer sex therapy to support your efforts to rekindle an intimate relationship with your partner.

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