Great Couples Counseling in Carrollton, TX. Therapy to heal relationships.

As a certified Prepare-Enrich Facilitator, I am committed to helping couples build and strengthen their relationships. The Prepare-Enrich survey has been a trusted resource for over 30 years and has assisted over 30,000 couples nationwide. Couples who complete the survey benefit in various ways, such as improving communication, resolving conflicts, defining roles, and enhancing their intimacy. Don't miss out on this timeless opportunity to invest in your most significant relationship. Let's work together to create a stronger and more fulfilling partnership.

There are countless models of healthy romantic relationships, from monogamous to polyamorous, and unique variations between partners. The scripts for dating and longterm relationships of our parents’ generations may not be applicable to your relationship, and there is no formal education in how to be a good partner or how to identify unhealthy relationships. But there is psychological research that shows that effective communication, emotional openness, intimacy, and other factors contribute to healthy relationships. Creating these conditions are skills that can be learned. I practice brief humanistic and emotion-focused therapy (EFT) to help my LGBTQ and hetero clients learn these skills.

Couples' therapy aims to help couples recognize conflicts, resolve conflicts, and improve their relationships. Through couples' therapy, you can make thoughtful decisions about rebuilding your relationship or going your separate ways. I am trained in several evidence-based couples' therapy models. I help couples understand underlying issues in their relationship, explore how their past has shaped their present behavior, and gain a better understanding of each other’s emotions.

Relationships are wonderful and very important. However, they can also be very difficult. Conflict, strife , and discord are all apart of any relationship and can create stress in our lives, if we don't have the skills to maintain them. I am passionate about helping couples to work through relationships issues or even recover after breakups, divorce, separations. Let's talk about it!

Communication problems and intimacy issues can lead to a breakdown in connection between you and your partner. In counseling you will focus on healing through reconnecting with your partner by creating new, shared meanings about the relationship. Typically, clients rely on old assumptions about how to make a relationship work. These different perspectives often get in the way. Ultimately, your ability to be understanding and compassionate for your partner will improve your ability to communicate more effectively. Improved communication will lead to more openness, which will inevitably lead to greater intimacy and a more satisfying relationship.

Couples counseling is extremely rewarding work when the lights come on for the couple about how to relate to each other in ways that they both appreciate. We begin with basic understandings about boundaries and learn quickly how to talk and act in healthier ways. Most of us simply communicate the way that our parents did and if we can learn to improve on this just a little, there is almost immediate relief. Using better boundaries (even in talking) are the building block for healthier communication and better emotional intimacy.

In couples counseling, my approach is rooted in fostering open communication, understanding, and collaboration between partners. I believe in creating a safe and non-judgmental space where both individuals can express their thoughts, feelings, and concerns. Through evidence-based techniques, such as active listening, conflict resolution strategies, I help couples develop effective communication skills and enhance their emotional connection. By working collaboratively with the couple, I strive to empower them with tools and strategies to navigate conflicts, rebuilds trust, and cultivate a healthy and fulfilling relationship.

We specialize in couples counseling. Our approach is one which acknowledges the emotional aspect of both individuals. We listen intently and provide a critical analysis so that all involved have a clear understanding of the issue and where there is possible miscommunication. We have found that there are typically areas in which both individuals can improve, and we focus on where those areas of improvement are needed. We also understand the delicate nature of couples counseling in that each is typically passionate in their own beliefs. We are very skilled communicators in getting buy in to where personal growth is needed.

When couples choose Melanie as their therapist, they get an advocate for the relationship--not to pick sides. Any coupling is the meeting of two cultures: two completely different people with completely different experiences, values, strengths, and ways to see the world. Melanie will be happy to point out areas that are strengths in your relationship, and help each person craft responses that yield communication instead of conflict. Same-sex and opposite-sex couples welcome.

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.

A committed relationship isn't always one in which marriage is involved. Couples therapy is an approach to help you to learn to listen to each other deeply. Intimacy, transparency, and vulnerability are key to your relationship success. In addition, learning to soothe yourself prior to your communication so that you can treat each other in new and supportive ways is helpful. Lastly, learning to have special regard to the uniqueness of your partner's needs can help your couple's relationship to succeed. (I am an ally and treat all couples.)

Couples work is all about connecting to one another to build felt safety and attunement. We utilize the best of the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in order to cut to the root of the problem, which is always about trust and communication. It is a highly effective process that yields consistent results. If your relationship is stuck in negative cycles, both of you feel unsafe and are never able to fully open up to one another. We work together to identify core emotions and reconnect in a safe way to get your relationship back to health.

Feeling connected loved, accepted, and secure in a relationship is vital to our emotional and physical well-being. Couples often get caught in "negative cycles of communication," which is detrimental to the relationship. Feelings of anxiety, fear, or loneliness heighten yet are often covered up by "anger or "numbness." One or both of you might go on the defense and possibly someone just "shuts-down. I help partners recognize their unhealthy cycle, team-up against "negative cycle," and learn new ways to connect and communicate that help each of you feel more connected, safe, and secure. Couples. I use Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) when working with couples.

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.

I have completed Level 1 training in the Gottman Method. I use this approach when working with couples. I begin with the Gottman Assessment, which consists of more than 300 questions. This assessment provides information such as relationship satisfaction, communication styles, viewpoints on whether you feel known by your partner, trust, infidelity issues, commitment levels, and much more. The assessment provides a roadmap of the journey towards improving communication and the friendship with your spouse.

I facilitate constructive and open dialogues to strengthen relationships. Through effective communication strategies and conflict resolution techniques, I guide couples in addressing issues and enhancing emotional connection. My goal is to help partners rediscover shared goals, improve mutual understanding, and cultivate a healthier and more fulfilling partnership.

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

Relationships can bring us to both the best of times and the worst. I am fascinated by exploring and growing behaviors and patterns that make relationships work, while also creating a space to explore and process times that have been hurtful or potentially where someone has been left feeling betrayed. As a therapist, I am committed to creating a space that feels non judgmental and accepting as couples therapy typically brings with it many difficult topics of discussion. Navigating a relationship is no easy feat, even for people who have years of experience. Having a couples therapist who is comfortable exploring new areas and patterns in relationship can be invaluable

Couples usually come for marriage counseling or couples therapy when a difficult relationship has become painful. This could result from a crisis, an ongoing struggle, a difficult life circumstance, or a betrayal. For many people, the situation feels either scary or hopeless. My goal is to help you rebuild a loving close relationship. I work hard to provide a safe, caring environment where each of you will feel heard and validated that your opinion matters.

Are you exhausted from experiencing conflict with your partner? Do you both want a healthier relationship but don't know where to start? I teach couples romantic competence to create a healthier, loving relationship. You will develop insight, mutuality and learn emotion regulation, as well as, how to communicate effectively. Communication is vital to any relationship. If you and your partner are having difficulty expressing your needs, please contact me for assistance.

It is very possible to have long lasting fulfilling relationships. Although they require a lot of work and can be one of the most difficult aspects of a person's life, it can also be the most positive influence on a person's health. There has been countless research done on how to relate to others in healthy ways and how to have successful relationships in all aspects of your life. I love sharing this knowledge and watching people have the connections they so deeply long for. Relationships are repairable and can always be growing and developing. Why not make the relationships in you life more fulfilling and meaningful.

Are you frustrated with your relationship? Does it feel like your relationship with your partner lacks hope that it will continue? I can help you and your partner learn about the situations that lead to toxic relationships. I will show you how to manage conflicts and create new shared meaning in your relationship. I have specialized training from the Gottman Institute in providing you and your partner with research based, short-term therapy to help you identify the problems in your relationship, and improve on them, step-by-step. Contact or e-mail me today to set up a consultation to see how I may be able to help you repair your relationship.

There is no such thing as "finding the right person." Happy couples are happy because they BECOME the right person. Through couples therapy you will learn how to value your partner, maintain appropriate and healthy boundaries, and grow as an individual while moving toward oneness. My goal is to help you communicate more effectively, become emotionally intimate, and connect with each other in honoring way. End your search for the non-existent "perfect fit" and learn how to bring happiness into your relationship.

If you're part of a couple in distress, you may feel that there's no way out of your troubled relationship. Myths about the low success rates of couples therapy and counseling only make your situation seem worse than it is. Both types of therapy are structured, and the results of both are well documented, at least in follow-ups for a few years. Still, the entire field of couples therapy suffers from a systemic problem. The problem is real enough: couples often wait until very late in the game. Using Temperament Therapy, we can get the root of God's Plan for each of you and make decisions. based on His word.

Is this the way you always thought it would be? Have disappointments, and frustration settled into your relationship? Do you feel like you just want to give up or that it's useless to keep trying? At some point or another most couples feel this way. Together we can help build the relationship you have always wanted. I will give you new tools to use in order to better your relationship. I will help rebuild your intimacy emotionally, spiritually and sexually bringing about a greater sense of oneness and strength. Let me help you now, so that you will not have regrets tomorrow.