Great Couples Counseling in Alpharetta, GA. Therapy to heal relationships.

"We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways ~ the ways we react and behave when we love someone." - John Grey I've been married for 40 years and fully understand the pitfalls and detours of committed relationships. With advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), I'm dedicated to helping couples find their way back to each other. I help you stop the dance of blame, distancing, and mutual hurt. We'll work on skill-building, adjusting expectations, learning new communication techniques, and healing deep wounds and betrayal.

• Are you frustrated in your current relationship? • Do you and your partner seem to have the same arguments over and over again? • Has your partner told you things aren’t going well? Pay attention! Don’t dismiss their complaints. Learn how to: • Rebuild Trust • Respect one another • Have fondness and admiration • Give benefit of the doubt • Value one another • Consider one another’s perspectives and feelings • Create shared meaning • Compromise • Restore romance Kathleen is a Certified Gottman Couples Therapist. She guides couples through a journey of rediscovery so that they build a stronger marriage and a stronger friendship.

I work with couples who are struggling with their relationship or those who want to strengthen what they already have. Some of the things I help couples with are: developing better communication skills, resolving parenting issues, working thru past resentments, coping with addictions, and better understanding their partners needs so they can have a more empathetic loving relationship. Many couples want more from their relationship but are afraid to start therapy. I help couples discover what they need from their relationship and show them how to get it.

I enjoy helping couples stay married when at all possible. Relationships take self-awareness, compromise and a shared vision. To often people rush into marriage without really knowing each other and then discover along the way that they only have 80% of what they want instead of celebrating the 80% they focus on the 20% they don't have. Understanding each others differences and limitations will help you navigate a healthy marriage. Shame and guilt are very destructive. Learning how to forgive yourself and move forward by processing your past relationships can help you understand your present relationship. This can be very important in stopping the cycle of dysfunctional relationships.

Relationships can be beautiful but they take work from both parties. Trust, openness, respect, transparency and building healthy communication skills are very important. Sometimes we lose communication somewhere along the way and having a mediator to help both parties see the other persons point of view and hold each one accountable on next steps in the healing process can be very helpful to reconnect and bond your relationship again.

Is your relationship in trouble? Bridgette has successfully worked with hundreds of couples to help them have the relationship they want & she will give you & your partner the tools & skills you need to work through common problems in relationships. She wants you to start experiencing the benefits of couples counseling as soon as possible. Here are some benefits you can expect from your work together: Better communication with your partner, conflict resolution, deeper connection, understanding your triggers( your FEAR dance), feeling loved & falling in love again, more physical & emotional intimacy, true partnership. Bridgette looks forward to helping you create the relationship you want.

What are the most common couples' issues? If you are thinking "communication, conflict, sex, money, child rearing" you are correct. However, most therapists will go after the symptom on each side of the couple fence thinking that the way to effective change is by getting each party to "work" on their respective "issue". Many times the parties don’t agree but comply. Imagine if you could align the unconscious brains of a couple and stop the "working on your issues" part that has become so popular in therapy settings? Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com to learn how! Or call 877-606-6161. DR. FLEMING'S NEW RELATIONSHIP/COUPLES INTENSIVES. www.kevinflemingphd.com/marriage-couples-retreats.php