Are you interested in couples counseling to improve your relationship or marriage? While marriage counseling tends to focus on present-day problems and concrete solutions, couples counseling often delves more into root issues, past problems, and systemic approaches to healing and change.

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What areas are covered in couples counseling?

Here are some of the most common issues that prompt couples to seek counseling together:

  • Conflict resolution
  • Affair recovery
  • Addiction recovery
  • Emotional distance
  • Communication problems
  • Issues rooted in the past/childhood trauma

Couples counseling can complement other forms of therapy. For example, if one spouse is in addiction recovery, couples counseling can help repair and strengthen the marriage at the same time. Personal issues never happen in a vacuum; if one person suffers, the relationship can suffer, too. Couples counseling can address the relationship while leaving room for individual healing and growth as well.

For about 75% of couples, counseling improves their relationship. If you and your partner are committed to the process and desire healing and growth, your chances of a positive outcome are even higher.

Each of the counselors at Pasadena Christian Counseling will tailor their approach to your needs and goals as a couple. Couples counseling provides a safe environment for change to take place.

The most effective couples counseling approaches include:

  • The Gottman method – building “love maps” to produce understanding and connection
  • The Crucible approach – building better sexual intimacy
  • Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy – a short-term approach focused on communication
  • Narrative therapy – helping each person tell their own story
  • A psychodynamic approach – addressing childhood experiences, past trauma, etc.

For more information about each of these couples counseling approaches and which one might be right for you, contact Pasadena Christian Counseling with your questions today.

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(424) 361-6199

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