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

When we are struggling in our love relationship and decide to seek help, there are a few things to consider. Is your therapist a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist? Choosing someone with the right training is critical, because couples therapy is very different from individual therapy. Secondly, is the therapist a good fit for both of you? Therapy will not succeed if you or your partner doesn't like the therapist. I have worked with couples for 20 years, and believe that every relationship has the potential for improvement and health. I enjoy working with straight, gay, lesbian, married, pre-marital,and committed couples. You will feel accepted and welcome.

Couples counseling focuses on developing better communication between partners which in turn can help any future arguments that may occur in the relationship. Couples may work in sessions on resolving conflicts and getting to better understand each other. In order for couples counseling to be beneficial, both partners need to be fully committed to therapy and be willing to explore emotions, behaviors, thoughts, values, and beliefs. Both partners should be invested in therapy. Couples counseling focuses on creating healthy solutions to any issues that have been identified. In this type of therapy, the therapist may act as a neutral mediator where they listen to the couple.

Objectivity can help level the playing field, especially when a couple is struggling to get it right! Couples find the spark again through empathy, great communication, and allowing a co-pilot to be a guiding light through troubled times. I use a series of approaches to help reach your goals of reduced dysfunction in your relationship which include cognitive behavioral, person centered, and solution focused methods.

The word couples suggests a sense of togetherness, meaning two people, who want to be together, get together for the purpose of experiencing something good, something meaningful, or something positive. However, coming together can be a source of pain if couples loose sight of their main reason for coming together and not resolving their conflicts. Quite often, one of the most difficult things for couples to do is to learn to communicate effectively with each other. Couples usually feel stuck and unable to express their needs. If you truly care about your relationship with each other, my intent is to help you make your connection with each other stronger.