Don’t wait until
it’s too late.
Don't put off investing in your relationship with your significant other. What you have together is worth it.
Why Do Couples Seek Counseling?
Couple distress is the single most common precursor for seeking counseling. It doesn’t have to be a catastrophe or a major event in a relationship to prompt seeking help. Like your health, relationships take constant attention and can use expert counsel when something is off. Below is a list of common occurrences (but certainly not exhaustive) that signal to couples they could benefit from professional guidance.
Common Struggles that Lead
Couples to Seek Counseling
Unresolved
Disagreements
If there’s been something that has come between you, a disagreement or a fight about something important you haven’t resolved, we're here to help.
Recurring
Arguments
If you find yourselves having the same kind of fight over and over again and never seem to resolve it, you may need help to understand what’s really going on underneath the surface.
Difficulty Recognizing & Expressing
Emotions such as Hurt & Fear
If there’s something you really want to say to your partner about your deepest feelings or something they're doing that's hurting you but find it difficult to share or unable to convey this in a way your partner can understand, we can help.
Working Through
an Affair
If one of you has had an affair and you have not talked about it or talked about it when it was revealed but not since, you may need help to get through the difficult feelings that will still be going on for each of you.
Overall Feeling
of Distance
If you find yourselves feeling distant from one another but you can’t broach the subject, you may need help to peel back the layers to understand the distance is happening.
Sexual Decline or
Lack of Passion
Sexually if things have become stale and routine and you don’t know why, and don’t know how to tell each other, you may need help to communicate your feelings about the loss of passion.
We don't play the blame game.
Often, men are afraid that they will be blamed if they come to counseling. This is not the case at The Couple Zone. We take a relational perspective – which in everyday language is akin to “there are two sides to every story”. We assume that if we were in your shoes we would most likely be responding in very similar ways.
This is important: We do not blame either partner. If either of you are unsure, we ask that each of you commit to only one session initially. This allows you to get to know your counselor a little, let her/him get to know you, see if it feels right for each of you, and your counselor can see if he/she seems to be able to help you reach your goals.
