If your relationship is suffering in any way, licensed professional clinical counselor Dianne L. Halsinger of Optimistic Therapy in Maumee, OH, offers couples counseling to help you achieve the satisfaction you are seeking.
Guide to Couples Counseling
Relationships can be a beautiful thing, but they aren’t always easy. Most tend to start wonderfully. After all, that’s why they become relationships as opposed to ending after a few dates. However, over time, they can begin to sour.
Maybe a particular event, conversation, or argument could trigger a memory from a traumatic past. It might also be that the strong feelings from the honeymoon phase have dissipated and you no longer actively display affection.
In truth, there are many ways that a relationship can turn rocky, but that doesn’t mean it’s over. It takes work to build and maintain strong relationships – and couples counseling can help. Learn more about how below in the guide from Optimistic Therapy in Maumee, OH.
What Exactly Is Couples Counseling?
Couples counseling is a type of talk counseling geared towards people in intimate relationships. The therapist helps couples identify and resolve the deeper needs underlying a surface-level dispute, gain insight into one another, and make changes necessary to improve the relationship. It might be designed around a specific problem, such as disagreement about financial planning or boundaries with people outside the relationship, or the relationship in general.
Is It Just for Married Couples?
Couples counseling is for any type of couple in a romantic relationship – not just married people. Some therapists choose to focus on specific types of relationships, such as those geared toward marriage or premarital counseling, as that's who they feel led to help. Other therapists work on a much broader scale. However, there is a therapist out there for every type of relationship.
What Can You Gain from Couples Counseling?
Couples can gain many benefits from counseling. However, each partner has to be willing to put in the necessary work. When you join forces to improve your relationship, you can experience benefits such as:
- Building a bond that makes you feel like a team instead of two individuals bumping heads
- Easier and more substantive communication
- Stronger foundation of trust – either building it fresh or rebuilding it after a betrayal
- Greater intimacy in both sexual and non-sexual ways
If your partner is not yet ready to try counseling, you can still gain insight and many other benefits alone. Additionally, seeing a positive change in you might motivate your partner to join.
Learn more about couples counseling and its benefits by scheduling an appointment with licensed professional clinical counselor Dianne L. Halsinger at Optimistic Therapy in Maumee, OH, or online throughout Ohio at (419) 304-3798.