The Best Marriage Counseling in 61008: Belvidere, IL. Restore Your Relationship.

Couples and families often come feeling hopeless and discouraged; unable to see many positive things in their relationships. Debra works with couples and families to restore hope and a belief in restoring love in their battered relationships.

Dr. Marcelo uses a shor-term, solution focused approach to marital therapy. Couples examine the interactions, communication, and roles that are working and those that are not. As opposed to continuing the "blame game", individuals take responsibility for change.

We work with a variety of issues-Depression, Anger, Anxiety (group and individual formats), Bipolar disorder, Trauma, Child and Adolescent work (males and females), Sexual Abuse, Play Therapy, Family therapy, Cultural issues (adapting to the western culture), and LGBTQ.

An important part of my work is fostering greater understanding, intimacy and satisfaction for couples and families. As I listen closely, compassionately and thoroughly, I can assist you in developing and enhancing the skills you need to improve your relationships.

I am most often asked to help with communication in marriage, family and other relationships. Each person needs to feel heard and understood in order to feel close. Creating an open atmosphere where creative solutions are found is essential in preserving relationships.

I believe that we all need someone to talk with who will really listen and accept us as we are. I provide my clients with a warm, non-judgmental environment- a safe place to explore the issues that may be preventing you from experiencing the relationship you deserve.

For over 25 years I have worked in the specialty of marriage/couple therapy. Affairs do not have to mean the end of a relationship. Unproductive repetitious patterns can be broken. I offer a newly developed service called Discernment Counseling for couples @ crossroads.

I use the concept of PIES which is making sure that married couples have intimacy in the; Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Spiritual areas of the marriage. I also help couples accept their spouses and learn to appreciate who they were and are today. Dating is key.

I teach couples how to communicate as a team. I have discovered that what became a big problem with couples is that they got in a rut, existing on auto-pilot. Whether one or both of you begins therapy, your relationship will improve in studying how it's been going.