Couples Counseling

That magic has ceased to exist and it almost seems as though you don’t even know one another. This becomes something quite common to those involved in relationships. The beauty and passion that reigned in your relationship seems to almost have been a dream from so long ago. Today’s pressures, health, children, and financial woes all play a part in making relationships difficult to maintain. The key to success is communication and understanding. Unfortunately, we are not given the tools, yet alone provided with many educational avenues to learn how to keep our relationships healthy. A healthy relationship fills our life with joy, peace, inspiration, and a zest for life.

At Healing Crossroads, we shall help guide you to a better understanding of one another; a meeting of the minds where passion and a fervor for life exist. We have created a recipe that we believe shall help you gain back the magic in your relationship. Couples therapy can be useful to assist couples that are having difficulty with communication, which results to constant relationship barriers. These barriers can prohibit the relationship from strengthening and growing. Couples therapy is most effective when both parties are committed to making the relationship work. We strive on creating a safe and balanced environment that enables the couple to feel comfortable so they can freely express themselves.

With couples therapy we can strengthen communication skills by coaching the couple to:

1.  Take the time to stop and really listen.
2.  Accept the other’s point of view.
3. Listen to the content of information that has been conveyed for the accurate meaning of the content.
4. Listen to the feelings and observe body language.
5. Restate the content after a person has spoken for a while.
6. Ask questions to clarify the information.
7. Avoid jumping to conclusions.
8.  Avoid using sarcasm or cliches that may complicate the problem.
9. Avoid giving false hope or reassurance to minimize the problem.
10.  Compromise in order to reach a happy medium.

You are likely to benefit greatly from couples counseling if you currently experience any of these issues:

Lack of trust, lack of intimacy and sex, poor communication, financial problems, dividing chores or tasks, managing conflict, maintaining compatibility, cultural differences, phase of life changes, growing apart, differences in life choices such as change of occupation, having children, disciplining kids and etc., changes with responsibilities due to life circumstances. Allowing external stressors to interfere in your relationship.