Marriage & Relationship Therapy

FEELING LIKE ROOMMATES?

Feeling like roommates indicates the connection and intimate sharing of your selves has been disrupted. We help people restore the connection and sharing life again.

REPEATED ARGUMENTS?

All couples have arguments that repeat periodically. We help people solve these issues on several levels via communication skills, problem solving methods, and acceptance strategies.

STARVING SEXUALLY?

Many marital problems lead to a hunger for affection and intimacy. This can make intimate contact awkward, difficult, or nonexistent at any stage of the relationship. We help people talk about the issues behind the issue.

CONSIDERING SEPARATION?

2 Yrs after divorce most people report they could have done more to save the marriage. We help people identify what could save it and how to start doing it in daily life.

COUPLES WORK TAKES TIME

Transforming a troubled marriage or relationship takes more than a weekend. The "fix" has to be baked into daily life and that take time to fully incorporate. This can be a long process especially if you work different shifts, travel frequently, or can't make therapy your only priority.

For this reason we work at a flexible pace so you can work in between our sessions as daily life and intention allow. We favor practical actions you feel confident doing in the middle of your week. Sessions could be weekly or biweekly and then space out more as new ways of connecting and communicating are incorporated into routine life.

TAILOR MADE FOR YOU

We begin by creating an atmosphere you can feel safe and accepted. This allows for comfort and rapport so you can share your experience, concerns, and goals.

No two relationships are alike. so we use several assessments to understand you and your relationship. Next we develop a strategic plan to help restore and enrich your relationship.

This plan becomes a template to use over the course of therapy and beyond to build and maintain the relationship you love.

WHAT WORKS

We draw from many different approaches that have been proven to work in laboratory research, therapy clinics, and real life. Most importantly we use methods compatible with and respectful of your values.

• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
• Behavioral Couples Therapy
• The Gottman Method
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Mindfulness for Couples

REAL TALK

Couples in crisis are trying to communicate sensitive information while a fire alarm is going off. Only effective communication works effectively.

Through a variety of natural "languages" we communicate constantly. At Emerging Strength we help couples find their universal translator and restore healthy communication so they are seen, heard, and affirmed.

BETWEEN SESSIONS

Counseling and therapy take place in sessions but change happens in the midst of your life. It shows up in small ways while cleaning house, paying bills, playing games, hanging out, or between meetings on a busy work day.

The exercises we use emerge from our work and are tailor made for each couple. This helps them leverage ordinary moments for the extraordinary results they want to experience in their relationship.

PRICING

Relationship and Marriage Counseling are investments. They pay dividends in the short term like learning how to talk in ways that solve problems or affirm your partners through action. In the long run therapy is an investment in the relationship most likely to influence your life satisfaction and achievement.