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Couples Therapy
Usually when a couple or family decide to come in for counseling, they have tried everything they know to help the relationship with little or no success. Maybe one of you is willing to work on the marriage and one of you is not. Maybe you both are making counseling your last stop before calling it quits. My goal is to create a safe place to be yourself so the layers of pain & protection can begin to melt away freeing each partner to express their deep thoughts & desires. Together we can explore aspects that you were not aware would be helpful. The fact that you want help is a good sign that you want to fight for your relationship. I believe that ultimately, God is the only one who can provide us with the grace, strength, wisdom, & love that is needed to fight through difficult struggles.
Because sex is ultimately about intimacy, I believe that sex is automatically affected within a struggling relationship. Discussing it's impact is a important and natural part of therapy. For complex sexual issues, I can provide you excellent referrals of colleagues who are certified Christian sex therapists.
Maybe infidelity has rocked your relationship and betrayal feels impossible to get over. We can work through the layers of emotions that often hinders any hope for a healthy outcome.
If having a well researched assessment and plan of action for couples at all stages of togetherness sounds like a tool that would be helpful, I utilize either PREPARE-ENRICH ( www.prepare-enrich.com ) or principles from the Gottman's ( www.gottman.com ). These sites offer couples the opportunity to take surveys at home that can be used by the therapist to quickly identify issues of concern.
Because sex is ultimately about intimacy, I believe that sex is automatically affected within a struggling relationship. Discussing it's impact is a important and natural part of therapy. For complex sexual issues, I can provide you excellent referrals of colleagues who are certified Christian sex therapists.
Maybe infidelity has rocked your relationship and betrayal feels impossible to get over. We can work through the layers of emotions that often hinders any hope for a healthy outcome.
If having a well researched assessment and plan of action for couples at all stages of togetherness sounds like a tool that would be helpful, I utilize either PREPARE-ENRICH ( www.prepare-enrich.com ) or principles from the Gottman's ( www.gottman.com ). These sites offer couples the opportunity to take surveys at home that can be used by the therapist to quickly identify issues of concern.
Family Therapy
Being a marriage & family therapist, I look at relationship patterns more than the specifics of an issue which is helpful in finding the deeper aspects of a struggle. I believe that we cannot become who we are meant to be until we first belong in a healthy relationship which is why self-help books often fail to deliver the change we so long for. Facilitating a healthy relationship with you and between you and your loved ones is my primary goal.
Having four children of my own, I have learned from experience how each child can be different & have unique needs. Parenting issues usually involve what is going on in the dynamics of the whole family like circumstances, relational patterns, or biological factors. Although I did my internship on the adolescent cottage at Ridgeview Hospital in Smyrna, GA and am trained to work with just adolescents struggling with severe issues, I have found that it takes the commitment of the whole family to create the best outcome. Because of that belief, I prefer to not see adolescents without the participation of the family in therapy also.
Having four children of my own, I have learned from experience how each child can be different & have unique needs. Parenting issues usually involve what is going on in the dynamics of the whole family like circumstances, relational patterns, or biological factors. Although I did my internship on the adolescent cottage at Ridgeview Hospital in Smyrna, GA and am trained to work with just adolescents struggling with severe issues, I have found that it takes the commitment of the whole family to create the best outcome. Because of that belief, I prefer to not see adolescents without the participation of the family in therapy also.
