Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for couples counseling helps partners improve communication, reduce conflict, and strengthen emotional connection through mindfulness, acceptance, and values-based action.
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Why Men Commonly Struggle to Engage in Couples Counseling Couples counseling can be one of the most transformative experiences for a relationship—but for many men, it’s also one of the most intimidating. Despite growing openness to mental health support, men still engage in couples counseling at far lower rates than women, often arriving reluctantly or
Classifying how a couple behaves can be extraordinarily difficult. Diagnosing a mental health condition in an individual includes discernment of what is circumstantial, what may be physical, etc. so with two individuals, it is doubly hard. While other psychologists have attempted a classification system to support their couples counseling process (i.e. Enrich Marital System) the
Anxiety has a maddening way of robbing us of joy in any aspect of our lives, not withstanding intimate relationships. While some signs of strain and worry in relationships may indicate red flags, others are projections of our own unresolved traumas. Here are some common examples of the latter. 1. Anxiety ruins our ability
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Disclaimer: I know this doesn’t speak to everyone’s experience, including those adopted at birth or those with extremely volatile early experiences. Please know that I acknowledge & honor this disparity. When we are born, our mother’s body releases ‘love’ hormones & neurotransmitters that intuitively drive her to take care of us. Oxytocin, the primary maternal
