| Couple Counseling |
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 | Communication and Conflict | |
| Styles | ||
| Constant Arguing and | |
| Bickering | ||
| Jealousy and Infidelity | |
| Dependence and | |
| Independence | ||
| Control and Power Issues | |
| Disciplining Children and | |
| Parenting | ||
| Stepfamily Issues | |
| Sexual and Intimacy Issues | |
| Money and Financial Issues | |
| Relationship Enhancement | |
| Family and In-Law Problems | |
Do you often feel unheard by your
partner or spouse?
Are you unsure of whether to make up
or break up?
Do you feel the love has gone out of
your relationship?
Do you feel alone most of the time when you are with your
partner or spouse?
Do you sit across from each other and have nothing to say?
Do you want to make a good relationship even better?
Do you keep replaying old arguments with the same results?
| Couples come to counseling for a host of reasons. Some are listed below. |
| Couple Counseling Can Help! |
Is couple counseling right for you?
Have you lost sight of your
relationship or marriage
vision--the dreams and
hopes that brought you
together in the first place?
Do you crave for things to
be the way the way they
were when you first met?
relationship or marriage
vision--the dreams and
hopes that brought you
together in the first place?
Do you crave for things to
be the way the way they
were when you first met?
Different couples counseling approaches are used with different couples. Some couples wish to explore their
motivational patterns, why they do what they do. Other couples want to solve current problems and work with the
present situations. Others want to do both. At MFT NY, our team of specialists will assist you in finding solutions,
using the type of counseling that you are most comfortable with.
motivational patterns, why they do what they do. Other couples want to solve current problems and work with the
present situations. Others want to do both. At MFT NY, our team of specialists will assist you in finding solutions,
using the type of counseling that you are most comfortable with.
Imago Therapy
For couples who want an in-depth couples therapy experience, intensive couples therapy for couples to explore their
own positive and negative patterns in relationships is available. Couples learn to communicate in ways that foster
intimacy. They learn how to avoid the common traps and pitfalls of close relationships with the goal of achieving a
conscious relationship.
This type of couples therapy is called Imago Therapy. Imago therapy is available for couples , families and singles.
Certified Imago Therapists are on the MFT NY staff. For a description of this type of couples therapy and to make sure
you are working with a Certified Imago Therapist, please view http://www.gettingtheloveyouwant.com.
Imago Therapy with couples is based on the thesis that humans are relational. Humans are born into this world as
whole entities, experiencing a oneness with the universe. Unconscious parenting often creates a break with this
oneness, resulting in problematic anxieties and tensions for the individual. Through mate selection and marriage,
individuals attempt to recreate this oneness; but instead, through selection of a partner who possesses similar
characteristics of the original caretakers (the Imago), often intensify this alienation. Imago couples therapy has as its
goal to co-create with the couple a safe therapeutic environment that empowers the partners in relationship to heal.
For couples who want an in-depth couples therapy experience, intensive couples therapy for couples to explore their
own positive and negative patterns in relationships is available. Couples learn to communicate in ways that foster
intimacy. They learn how to avoid the common traps and pitfalls of close relationships with the goal of achieving a
conscious relationship.
This type of couples therapy is called Imago Therapy. Imago therapy is available for couples , families and singles.
Certified Imago Therapists are on the MFT NY staff. For a description of this type of couples therapy and to make sure
you are working with a Certified Imago Therapist, please view http://www.gettingtheloveyouwant.com.
Imago Therapy with couples is based on the thesis that humans are relational. Humans are born into this world as
whole entities, experiencing a oneness with the universe. Unconscious parenting often creates a break with this
oneness, resulting in problematic anxieties and tensions for the individual. Through mate selection and marriage,
individuals attempt to recreate this oneness; but instead, through selection of a partner who possesses similar
characteristics of the original caretakers (the Imago), often intensify this alienation. Imago couples therapy has as its
goal to co-create with the couple a safe therapeutic environment that empowers the partners in relationship to heal.
Solution Focused Therapy
Other couples are not interested in exploring the connections of their present behavior to their childhood. For these
couples, a more here-and-now approach is used. For a description of this couples therapy approach, please see
http://www.brief-therapy.com. In these cases, the focus is on the present, on action, on changing behavior, and on
accomplishing goals.
This type of couples therapy is concerned with change, rather than exploring "why" couples interact the way they do.
Instead of "problem talk", therapists urge "solution talk" where the therapist and the client construct solutions that will
work for the couple.
So instead of asking the couple, "Tell me about the problems that brought you here today, the solution focused
therapist would say, Let's see how we can work together to make your situation better."
At MFT NY, solution focused couples therapy approaches exploring the here and now of relationships are also
available. MFT NY staff are trained in a variety of couples therapy approaches and will tailor therapeutic methods to
the specific needs of clients.
Other couples are not interested in exploring the connections of their present behavior to their childhood. For these
couples, a more here-and-now approach is used. For a description of this couples therapy approach, please see
http://www.brief-therapy.com. In these cases, the focus is on the present, on action, on changing behavior, and on
accomplishing goals.
This type of couples therapy is concerned with change, rather than exploring "why" couples interact the way they do.
Instead of "problem talk", therapists urge "solution talk" where the therapist and the client construct solutions that will
work for the couple.
So instead of asking the couple, "Tell me about the problems that brought you here today, the solution focused
therapist would say, Let's see how we can work together to make your situation better."
At MFT NY, solution focused couples therapy approaches exploring the here and now of relationships are also
available. MFT NY staff are trained in a variety of couples therapy approaches and will tailor therapeutic methods to
the specific needs of clients.
| Different Approaches |
So instead of asking the
couple, "Tell me about the
problems that brought you
here today", the Solution
Focused therapist would say,
couple, "Tell me about the
problems that brought you
here today", the Solution
Focused therapist would say,
"Let's see how we can work together to make your situation
better."
better."
To schedule an appointment call or
E-Mail us at jatwood@optonline.net
E-Mail us at jatwood@optonline.net
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." Confucius |
| 516-764-2526 |
We are interested in what struggles you are
experiencing. .Schedule an appointment for
couples counseling and tell us about your
relationship issues and together we will work
toward a solution.
experiencing. .Schedule an appointment for
couples counseling and tell us about your
relationship issues and together we will work
toward a solution.
Couples' dreams often take years to erode. It
happens little by little, over a long period of time.
We can help you realize your dreams again.
happens little by little, over a long period of time.
We can help you realize your dreams again.
| Marriage and Family Therapy of New York |
| Suggested References |
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© 2007 Couples Counseling Site By: Joan D. Atwood
© 2007 Couples Counseling Site By: Joan D. Atwood