Couple Therapy
Anyone who wants to increase the satisfaction they get from a relationship can
benefit from couples therapy. You might be married, engaged, in a committed
relationship, dating, living together, divorced, have a child together, be parent
and child, siblings, friends, relatives, neighbors, business associates, or just any
two people who have some form of relationship or connection.
Many who seek couples therapy from me either want me to change things about
the other person (impossible), want to voice a laundry list of complaints about
the other person (harmful), or want to learn some tools to help them
communicate better with the other person (probably not enough).
Some activities you may find more useful in the long run include:
■ Gaining a more complete and relevant understanding of the other person in
your relationship so you can decide how to proceed within the context of the
relationship.
■ Learning how gender characteristics or differences (and there are many) play
a role in your relationship.
■ Discovering changes you can make yourself that will increase the level of
satisfaction in your life and, hopefully, in your relationship.
■ Remembering or updating the purpose of your relationship and determining
how you can contribute to that purpose without losing your "self" in the process.
Lastly, I want to emphasize the fact that I stand by the concepts of marriage and
commitment. If you are married or in a lifetime commitment, I will work with you to
help repair and strengthen your relationship.
Contact me to discuss any of this further.
Anyone who wants to increase the satisfaction they get from a relationship can
benefit from couples therapy. You might be married, engaged, in a committed
relationship, dating, living together, divorced, have a child together, be parent
and child, siblings, friends, relatives, neighbors, business associates, or just any
two people who have some form of relationship or connection.
Many who seek couples therapy from me either want me to change things about
the other person (impossible), want to voice a laundry list of complaints about
the other person (harmful), or want to learn some tools to help them
communicate better with the other person (probably not enough).
Some activities you may find more useful in the long run include:
■ Gaining a more complete and relevant understanding of the other person in
your relationship so you can decide how to proceed within the context of the
relationship.
■ Learning how gender characteristics or differences (and there are many) play
a role in your relationship.
■ Discovering changes you can make yourself that will increase the level of
satisfaction in your life and, hopefully, in your relationship.
■ Remembering or updating the purpose of your relationship and determining
how you can contribute to that purpose without losing your "self" in the process.
Lastly, I want to emphasize the fact that I stand by the concepts of marriage and
commitment. If you are married or in a lifetime commitment, I will work with you to
help repair and strengthen your relationship.
Contact me to discuss any of this further.
“I didn’t marry you because you were perfect.
I didn’t even marry you because I loved you.
I married you because you gave me a promise.
That promise made up for your faults.
And the promise I gave you made up for mine.
Two imperfect people got married and it was
the promise that made the marriage.
And when our children were growing up,
it wasn’t a house that protected them;
and it wasn’t our love that protected them,
it was that promise.”
---- Thornton Wilder
I didn’t even marry you because I loved you.
I married you because you gave me a promise.
That promise made up for your faults.
And the promise I gave you made up for mine.
Two imperfect people got married and it was
the promise that made the marriage.
And when our children were growing up,
it wasn’t a house that protected them;
and it wasn’t our love that protected them,
it was that promise.”
---- Thornton Wilder
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"I see love as two mature people walking
parallel paths, profoundly respecting the
essence of the other, honoring the differences
in each other and giving each other space
to develop their own uniqueness."
---- Marion Woodman
parallel paths, profoundly respecting the
essence of the other, honoring the differences
in each other and giving each other space
to develop their own uniqueness."
---- Marion Woodman