Marriage Counseling at Life Within

You said in good times and in bad, but the turmoil inside your mind frequently tosses your emotions back and forth. "Should I stay, or should I go? Why do I even keep trying? How do I forgive?" Don't lose hope, you deserve to be heard. Imagine feeling connected with your partner again. Relationship counseling may give you and your partner the opportunity to regain a happy, healthy relationship. By working with the Life Within team, you’ll be able to openly and safely discuss your concerns, fears, and hopes for the relationship, and most importantly, you will develop practical means of moving forward to build a thriving partnership again. Let’s get started down the road to a happier future for you and your spouse.

Reasons to Consider Therapeutic Care

If you’re still not 100% sold on the idea of relationship counseling, we invite you to take one small step. Schedule a consultation with the clinicians at Life Within. We will talk to you about your concerns, discuss potential ways our team can help you, and truly guide you through the process of determining whether or not therapeutic care is right for your relationship. It’s also important to understand that “marriage” counseling is actually a bit of misnomer. These therapeutic sessions can help all committed partners, whether or not they’re married. Some of the many reasons couples come to us for therapeutic care include:

• Prior to marriage, couples often schedule premarital counseling sessions. These sessions give you and your future partner the opportunity to establish positive goals together for your marriage. By openly and honestly discussing your goals and needs together before entering into marriage, you set your partnership on course for a healthy, happy, lasting relationship.

• When couples struggle to communicate, relationships cannot thrive. Therapy sessions at Life Within help partners discover new ways to communicate. We work with you to establish and practice methods for improving your ability to express your thoughts and especially your needs with your partner.

• When marital infidelity occurs, both partners can struggle to reestablish a healthy, trusting relationship. The marriage can suffer for years. Our clinicians work with couples to directly address infidelity and recover their happy, healthy marriage.

• For couples who are bringing families together, the process can be complicated. Whether the partners are divorced or widowed, there will likely be complications to address, especially when there are children on both sides of the partnership. The Life Within clinicians help you through this process.

• Finally, there are times when the relationship cannot, and perhaps, should not be saved. When your partnership is unhealthy or you simply wish to move on, our team can help you openly discuss and process your feelings as you end your marriage.

How Your Relationship May Benefit from Therapeutic Care

Therapeutic care can help partners lead healthier, happier lives together in a number of ways. Some of the many benefits couples experience through marriage counseling include:

• Develop practical methods to address and resolve conflict. If you feel that you constantly bicker with your partner or the past is brought up every time you argue, we can help you address these issues and work together to resolve conflict in a healthy way.

• Clear communication is essential for any relationship. Without open and honest interaction, no marriage can remain happy and thriving for long. We will work with couples to establish effective communication techniques that allow them to talk openly without being unkind. The goal is to increase empathy between partners and improve emotional connection through frank discussion and honest communication.

• When unresolved conflicts seem to poison every aspect of the relationship, you may feel it’s impossible to move forward. Therapy sessions can give you the tools you and your spouse need to overcome past conflicts and continue building a thriving partnership.

• If your relationship has been struggling for a long time, we can help you renegotiate your commitment. Whether you decide that the relationship can thrive again or that it’s time to end the partnership, our clinicians can help you.