Couples Counseling

If you are struggling in a difficult relationship, and have or are considering couple's counseling, you may want to start with this article. When someone comes to me expressing they need couple's counseling, I first talk about what is going on, specifically, to see if we should start with individual counseling. Often starting there makes a big difference. Even during individual counseling we can have the partner come in for several sessions to address the "couples things." But when couples counseling is warranted, I start by seeing the couple together to talk about what each sees as the issues. Then I will have an individual session with each. Sometimes on the same day, sometimes not. Then we come together again to work forward.