Jul 16, 2019 | Articles, Counseling, Marriage
You’ve finally experienced all the pain you’re willing to put up with and are ready to seek help. But your spouse won’t even consider marriage counseling. Don’t give up on the idea of marriage counseling. After 38 years of marriage and 36 years of providing marriage...
Jun 15, 2018 | Articles, Counseling, Marriage
“We can’t communicate” is a statement I hear a lot in my counseling practice. It doesn’t take long before I discover it isn’t true. Most of the couples I see communicate quite well. In fact, the whole neighborhood hears them communicating. They communicate in my...
Dec 13, 2017 | Articles, Counseling, Marriage
As the name would suggest, marriage counseling is intended for couples. But sometimes, only one spouse is willing to go. If that describes you, then you may want to go to marriage counseling alone. One spouse may believe marital therapy won’t be helpful. Or they...
Oct 12, 2017 | Anxiety, Articles, Christian Counseling, Counseling, Depression & Anxiety, F.A.Q.'s, Goal Setting, Marriage, Parenting, Technology
How Many Counseling Sessions Are Needed? I hear this question asked in a variety of ways: how many sessions do I need to come, how many counseling sessions are needed, when will counseling be over. It would be a much easier question to answer if I had a...
Nov 17, 2016 | Articles, Marriage
Do a search for “date night” and you will get articles on date night ideas and places to go for a date. It looks like good information, but for many of the couples I work with it’s too advanced. We have to start with the Why of date night. Most of us think of going on...
Aug 5, 2013 | Articles, Christian Counseling, Marriage
I hate it when my clients prematurely drop out of therapy. And not just for the same obvious reasons our business manager hates to have clients drop out. It’s not those who are nearing the end of therapy and doing better that I get upset over, it’s those...
Jul 27, 2013 | Articles, F.A.Q.'s, Marriage, Parenting
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is a professional association in the field of marriage and family therapy. The AAMFT represents more than 25,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad. The...
Jun 22, 2013 | Articles, Marriage
It happens on a regular basis: someone calls to make an appointment for marriage counseling and then calls the day of the appointment to cancel. “My spouse won’t come so there’s no point in keeping the appointment.” It’s aggravating because it’s just not true. One...
