Great Couples Counseling in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Therapy to heal relationships.

We write about it, sing and dream about it: relationships. However, with a 60% divorce rate and an even higher emotional divorce statistic tells us the real story: marriages are in trouble. Many couples live in a dungeon of isolation and hurt that can be incredibly painful yet so often the advice given is: "stick it out". While we strongly affirm the importance of the marriage commitment, we also affirm that there can be more, much more. There are answers and there is healing for broken relationships: Grace-oriented, Biblical counseling is the answer.

Let me guess. One partner feels alone and like they don't matter and the other feels they are always being criticized and can't get anything right. The more one asks for the other to show up, the more the partner disappears physically and emotionally. You both bicker and fight and the idea of sitting and just hanging out seems elusive, if not impossible. Something like this? Often we crave connection but are blocked by the pain and the history that gets in the way. Small fights about little things become battles that highlight our struggle to have our basic relational needs met. I can help you get under the bickering to the parts crying out for connection- to an enriching relationship.

Are you feeling lonely in your own marriage? Disrespected? Misunderstood? It doesn’t have to stay this way. Far too often, high-achieving men feel disrespected and lonely within their own marriages. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I help men and their wives to rediscover the incredible value they bring to the marriage, and help them negotiate a hopeful path forward. I will help you identify destructive patterns in your marriage and provide healthier alternatives. I’ll help you improve communication, learn to fight fair, and increase understanding and connection. While it’s not easy work, there is hope. If given the chance, I would be honored to help you fight for your marriage.

Do you have the same argument over and over again? Are you feeling alone, misunderstood, or disrespected in your marriage? I can help you work through these issues through couples counseling, and help you break the unhealthy patterns that aren’t working. Renewing trust, improving communication, and regaining the spark are all possible. Being married myself, I know that marriage is work, and that love is a choice. But even intelligent, loving couples sometimes need support. You deserve better than what’s happening now. If you’re willing to put in the work, I can help. Our mission is to help you escape the cages that hold you back and become the lion you were created to be.

Couples work is unique and interesting. What a lot of people don't understand it that of course you have different viewpoints - you are in different bodies, have different life experiences and are actually looking at different views! Many times the problem is simply communication: no matter how many times you tell your partner what you need, they just don't hear it. That is where I come in- helping people to get heard and also to hear clearly! In this way there can be a softening and a coming together, with both partners feeling loved and understood. You don't have to continue fighting, and counseling doesn't mean you failed. It is a gift you give your relationship to help nurture it.

Couples present into therapy together for a variety of reasons; loss of intimate connection, moving through some sort of family transition, desire to communicate more effectively, pre-marital and pre-engaged couples, marriage enrichment, marriage in crisis, recovering from infidelity, adapting to the empty nest, conflict resolution, exploring forgiveness & reconciliation, investigating intimacy issues (Emotional, Spiritual & Physical), pursuing oneness, recovering adventure, overcoming anger & reactivity, demystifying power struggles, growing spiritually, and becoming a healing influence in one another's life.

I very much enjoy working with couples, and see couples counseling as a very active, dynamic process. After quickly helping a couple to identify their particular problem areas, we begin to work together toward finding solutions, improving communication patterns, building intimacy, and learning what our partner needs to feel loved, I often encourage couples with "homework assignments", in order to reinforce new information learned within the session.

We are passionate about and skilled with helping couples to repair and strengthen their relationship by utilizing techniques from evidence-based practices such as Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy and the Gottman Method. These techniques help get to the heart of the matter to increase relationship satisfaction and heal emotional injuries that may have occurred throughout the relationship or as a result of previous trauma. Individual therapy for each partner is also recommended as best practice for helping each person to work through their personal traumas.

Are you struggling in your relationship with communication, conflict resolution, sexual problems, infidelity, intimacy problems, or a potential separation or divorce? Do you fear your marriage is over, but want to make it work? I'd love to hear your story and help. I'm a special type of counselor because I specialize in working with couples. I help couples experience more peace, more connection, and greater passion in their relationship. My education, research, and experience have all been centered on couple relationships. I’ve successfully helped hundreds of couples headed toward divorce fall in love again. Visit my website today to schedule an appointment. I'd love to hear your story.