Couples Therapy

Couples come for counseling when they are unable to resolve problems that may have started early on in the relationship or developed slowly over time.  Sometime partners come seeking help as a result of a crisis that occured within the relationship or because of the stress of life.  Whatever the reason, the couple is at an empasse to resolve their conflict and seek the help of a trained proffessional to help sort out the complexities of their issues.

Couples therapy helps the couple to identify and sort through relational patterns that each partner is maintaining that contributes to the conflicts. These patterns of behaving are often not conscious to the individual and may have developed from ones own family of origin.  Therapy seeks to help the couple understand the complex factors that contribute to their relationship with a view of developing underrstanding and respect for what each bring to the partnership.  The goal of couples thearpy is to help the couple learn more effective tools to foster greater communition and intimacy with respect and appreciation for the uniquenss of each partner.