Marriage counseling that Heals in Southside Place, TX. Restore Your Relationship.

I enjoy working with couples for pre-marital & couples counseling. Drawing from my diverse background, coupled with my legal training and mediation experience, I bring valuable insights into communication, negotiation, and problem-solving strategies.

I try to understand individuals and couples in the context of their family of origin. I have extensive experience working with family dynamics.

Often time’s people think they will meet Mr. or Mrs. Right and that they will live happily ever after. This fairy tale myth is far from reality. What most of us don’t learn is that good relationships take time and hard work.

We want connection- a space to be vulnerable and truly seen. But emotional intimacy is risky, and that scares us, especially with a difficult history! Instead of being vulnerable, we build up walls to protect us. Let's break down the walls and build a loving connection.

I have received extensive training in facilitating therapy for couples and families. These sessions allow each participant to express their emotions and explore how they play into the relationship patterns we all have in place with those who mean a great deal to us.

Marriage and family life should be one of your greatest experiences of life and love. Yet any couple or family can face hardships and break down. Through marriage and family counseling we can help heal division, strengthen your relationships, or grow as a parent.

I help couples revitalize their relationship by offering effective solutions for improved communication, intimacy, and conflict resolution.

I have focused on adult relationship issues since 1987, and my primary specialty is marriage counseling. I take a positive, pragmatic, solutions-fucused approach to helping you enjoy bringing out the best in each other as you fulfill your relationship goals.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

All relationships thrive in a setting of trust, respect, and love. Over time, established patterns can either progress or undermine the emotional and physical safety in relationships. I work to identify those unhealthy patterns, allowing a positive, healing shift.

Though we are not licensed marriage counselors, Grey Matters International, Inc. provides cutting edge brain optimization and rebalancing technology to better align the minds of partners to reduce conflict, increase hope---for the brain has the final word on change.

I follow the empirically based Gottman Method which encompasses 40 years of research on couples and marriage. I help couples in slowing down their interactions of communication to reveal patterns that may be contributing or contaminating to their relationship success.

I am dedicated to fostering open communication and building self-confidence within individuals and family dyads through a compassionate, family-focused approach. It is my goal to guide clients toward healthier interactions and personal growth.

We are active and directive with Couples and Individuals. We are hoping to publish in 2014 a book entitled: Worth Fighting For: Self-Help for Couples. We have been married 28 years. Ken's doctorate is from UT-Austin-1975, Karen's from University of Houston 1995.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

Getting into a relationship is easy; staying in it takes hard work. Any long-term relationship is worth fighting for! Learning how to reconnect emotionally and to discover the enthusiasm you once had for the relationship often takes the help of an objective outsider.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

Marriages take work, but sometimes we don't know how to begin. Let me help. You can have the answers you've been looking for and a plan of action to help. After your assessment, you will be given tangible skills resulting in change in your relationship.

A healthy marriage takes work. Therapy will reach the heart of the issues and begin the process of restoration. Let's get started.

We believe that all meaningful relationships are important and welcome couples, triads and the variety of intimate connections that deserve support.

As a member of the National Registry of Family Friendly Therapists, I am committed to helping you have a happy and successful marriage. My marriage philosophy is to help persuade you and your partner to think of your marriage as a durable, solid, commitment.