Marriage and Couples Counseling
Counseling for Couples
Marriage counseling is a type of therapy specifically focused on identifying problematic issues and patterns that exist in your relationship and involves working together with your couples therapist to find meaningful and long-term solutions.
Relationships change over time; often this is due to a couple growing closer, sharing interests, and nurturing each other. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. There are many reasons that our most important relationships can begin to falter and fail. Our lives can become hectic and chaotic, work can be demanding, children can keep us busy and distracted, and before we know it, our marriages can falter and fray.
We offer affordable online and in-person marriage and couple counseling services.
Contact us today if you are trying to improve your marriage. Our team will match you with a therapist that is right for you. Let us know if you have any specific preferences, including gender, payment type, approach to services, or other criteria.
When is the right time to seek counseling?
Very often, affairs begin as “emotional affairs” and can deplete the marriage of the focus and energy, even before a physical affair has begun. Although these issues can be very challenging for couples to deal with, they do not have to cause a relationship to end.
Sometimes, there are other factors that “take over” in our relationships such as addiction or infidelity. These problems can cause very difficult breaches of trust in the relationship that can be marriage-ending without help.
Good relationships and marriages only happen with commitment, flexibility, growth, and a bit of hard work. During hard times, marriage counseling can make the difference between successful navigation of challenges or hitting rock bottom. The sooner you begin healing the wounds of betrayal, the better. The sooner you learn new communication skills, and working together to rebuild your marriage, the better.
How does marriage/couples counseling work?
There are a variety of approaches to couples counseling. Some therapists will work with the couple together only, and some will see each person individually at times. Whatever the method, the most important thing for a couple to remember is that couples counseling is not about assigning blame or “taking sides.”
A good marriage counselor will work to allow each individual to maintain equal footing in the sessions, even though at times one or the other person may be the temporary focus of attention. Blame and anger are very often components of a problem marriage, and the therapist will work to help you as a couple stop blaming and start working toward the healing your relationship needs.
How many sessions are needed?
How long marriage counseling sessions take is largely determined by:
- The model being used by the therapist
- The goals of the couple
- The specific needs of the couple
It takes fewer sessions in situations where the couple is dealing with specific, solution-focused work, like improving communication or handling division of responsibilities such as parenting or finances. Sometimes, couples face more complicated challenges that require long-term work.
The amount of marriage counseling sessions recommended by Maria Droste Counseling Center will depend on the scope of the problem, the progress of the couple, and various external factors. Talk to your therapist to determine the best amount of time to participate in relationship counseling.
How often do you need marriage/couples counseling sessions?
At Maria Droste Counseling Center, we recommend weekly sessions for the first 4-6 weeks and then re-evaluate after that.
In the beginning, we try to get through the assessment period quickly so the therapist can really tackle the root of the problems and you won’t feel like you are starting over every time. It also helps to set up a strong foundation upon which to build future counseling sessions. After seeing some progress, the clients can determine whether to reduce their sessions to once or twice a month.
Maria Droste Counseling Center in Denver, CO, offers marriage counseling to couples. We provide affordable access to professional marriage counselors. Our licensed therapists would be able to help you achieve long-lasting improvements in your marriage.
We offer affordable online and in-person marriage and couple counseling services.
Contact us today if you are trying to improve your marriage. Our team will match you with a therapist that is right for you. Let us know if you have any specific preferences, including gender, payment type, approach to services, or other criteria.
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