Marriage Counseling
Erika Krull, MSEd, LMHP, has written a good article entitled, “Marriage Communication: 3 Common Mistakes and How To Fix Them.” In her article she lists these 3 common mistakes: Yelling at your spouse. Having a competitive attitude. Making marriage about...
Marriage Counseling
Marriage is compromise! Nobody gets everything they want from their partner all the time but as the Rolling Stones song says, “you can’t always get what you want but if you try sometime you just may find you get what you need.” Remember nobody is...
Marriage Counseling
“You love me so much, you want to put me in your pocket. And I should die there smothered.” D.H. Lawrence “Demanding too much togetherness in romantic relationships tends to push people away and kill their desire.” Gerry Lane, LCSW,...
Marriage Counseling
The less emotionally reactive each spouse is to the other the healthier the relationship. If one spouse reacts with strong emotion to the smallest change the other spouse makes for some freedom then either the couple fights openly and creates distance or the spouse...
Marriage Counseling
“Seldom, or perhaps never, does a marriage develop into an individual relationship smoothly and without crises; there is no coming to consciousness without pain.” Carl G. Jung “It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel...
Marriage Counseling
Marriage Counseling is a different animal than Individual Therapy. Individual Therapy focuses far more on the internal cognitive processes and helps the person examine personal choices. In Couples Counseling the focus is on the interaction between partners. The...
