North Seattle Couples and Marriage Counseling

All relationships are challenging. Couples get stuck in patterns that limit their ability to communicate effectively, to grow, and to be happy together. Building a strong relationship does not mean eliminating conflict - it means learning to deal with the inevitable conflicts and challenges in a healthy way.  No matter what the problem seems to be, our work centers around communication, examining old, unhealthy patterns, and finding new ways to relate to build a loving and rewarding relationship. 

Common concerns and specializations:

• Learning to communicate effectively
• Expressing love, affection, respect, and support
• Changing old habits and patterns that don't work
• Escaping from repeated cycles of conflict
• Sex/intimacy concerns
• Parenting challenges (and new parenting)
• Household, chores, and family-work balance
• Working out specific issues that seem impossible to resolve

• Learning to compromise
• Finances and money
• Coping with crises, loss, illness, and death
• Productively dealing with betrayal, blame or guilt
• Anger
• Pre-marital counseling
• Figuring out if it's time to end a relationship and move on
• Learning to grow as couple without giving up individual dreams and goals