Relationship, Couples and Marital Therapy

There are many problems that can face a couple:

Poor Communication

Trouble in Attempts to Be Understood by ones Partner

Turning Away from Each Other During Conflicts

Criticizing, Stonewalling, and Defensiveness

Differences in Long-Term Goals for the Relationship

Affairs and Overcoming Unfaithfulness

Feeling as if the Same Fight Happens Again and Again

Getting Stuck in a Fight that Never Seems to End

Feeling as if the Problems are Hopeless

Beginning to Believe ones Partner has a Personality Flaw

Feeling Dissatisfied and Unhappy at least 50% of the Time

Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for relationships addresses many different problems through several different strategies. These include:

Teaching how a thinking error like Mind-Reading leads couples to think they know what each other are thinking without ever asking first

Teaching how to communicate better through understanding how sometimes what is intended by a statement is different than the impact it appears to have on your partner

Teaching how to correct destructive interactions through antidotes like acceptance of responsibility or turning toward your partner

How to build a sound relationship the same way you would build a sound house

How to unpack your feelings during an argument so that you end the stalemate of the conflict

How to understand and overcome the perpetual arguing that transcends the topic but is always the same argument