Do you want to stop never-ending cycles of fighting, regain intimacy, or just learn to get along better? Are you in a difficult relationship that you just want to make better? Do you want to stop a vicious cycle of resentment and frustration in your relationship? Our therapists can help.
Practical couples therapy for more supportive relationships
In many cases, you and your partner can improve your relationship just by learning simple skills. In therapy, you can improve your communications, learn how to listen and how to be heard, and get help learning each other’s “love language”. You can experience a deeper, more meaningful, and more supportive relationship.
Premarital counseling
So, you have decided to tie the knot. Congratulations! In premarital counseling you can explore the fundamentals of your life together in healthy and productive ways. Communication is essential for a long, stable, and happy relationship. In counseling, you will learn how to express your own needs and expectations clearly. You will also learn to how to listen to and understand your partner’s needs.
What we should talk about (but often don’t)
Before marriage, you and your partner should talk about the parameters of your life together. Where will you live? How will you manage money? How will you be as a parent? How many children do you want? Should something happen to you, who will take care of your children or your finances?
Unfortunately, too many of us skip over these questions when we are infatuated in the early stages of a relationship and discover later that we have serious issues to work out. In premarital counseling or in couples therapy we will address the core parameters of your life together. Working together, you will set the framework for many years of a happy marriage.
Restoring trust in your relationship
Has your relationship been shattered by an affair? Have you or your partner been spending money secretively? Does your partner regularly prioritize other family members over you? Trust is vital to a healthy relationship.
In couples counseling, you can rebuild trust in a safe, non-blaming environment. Couples who have successfully worked through the anger and feelings of betrayal can restore lost intimacy. Indeed, we can work to build a closer, more trusting relationship than you ever had before.
We’re dating but are unsure about the next step
If you are dating, and having trouble deciding if you should move towards a more permanent relationship, couples counseling can help. In counseling, you can separate the wheat (why you’re together!) from the chaff (the bad relationship habits that make you hesitate).
In counseling, you can work towards stopping challenging behavior patterns before they get etched into stone and become harder to break. One of the hardest things for couples who are dating is deciding to move ahead or to break up. Unfortunately, the longer that you simmer in ambivalence, the less likely you are to work towards getting a great relationship.
Working together in therapy you can identify your own behavior patterns that create difficulties. These patterns will persist in your current relationship or resurface to sabotage future relationships. Fixing unhealthy behaviors can make your current relationship better – and serve you well in any future relationship.
Practical skills – what you should expect in couples therapy
We will work towards solutions that work for you and help you reconnect as a couple.
In couples counseling, you will develop skills that will help you learn how to function better in your marriage. You will gain personalized tools, insights, and hope. Each meeting will bring you tangible skills that can help you start enjoying each other more.
Get help today. Start building a better relationship now. Call us at APS Counseling today or just fill out the form and click Send.
