Great Couples Counseling in Chattahoochee Hills, GA. Therapy to heal relationships.

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.

While I believe marriage is the best option for a man and woman living together, I realize that's not always the couples' choice. Some couples successfully cohabitate for many years, and frequently raise healthy families in the process. Just like married couples, cohabitating couples have problems stemming from poor communication, finances, work stress, flirtations/affairs, etc. And just like married couples, the skills for dealing with these problems areas are the same. I welcome the opportunity to help traditional couples develop healthier relationship that hopefully may result in marriage.

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.

The work I do with couples involves a Christian and Biblical foundation. Prayer and Scripture are important parts of the process. I incorporate various books and workbooks written by Christian authors, including The Love Dare and The 5 Love Languages, among others. Most recently, I've started using a protocol developed by Les and Leslie Parrott called, "SYMBIS".

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