Communication Is Not The Problem

“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...

5 Reasons To Go To Marriage Counseling Alone

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...

The Importance of Date Night

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...

Dropping Out of Therapy

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...

What is an AAMFT Clinical Fellow

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...

When Your Spouse Refuses Marriage Counseling

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...

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