Need Help with a Relationship?

I specialize in pre-marriage, marriage, and resolving family issues involving relational breakdown.

Relationships are designed to be circles of sufficiency, bringing health and healing to all in the circle.

Imagine your relationships being safe places to be your best self, living life from your true identity, and feeling a powerful sense of worth and value in your interactions with others in your life. Life giving relationships experience healthy and frequent communication, and are mutually beneficial to all.

Communication…
the secret sauce in relationships.

There are many types of conversations we have with our friends, partners, and families. Logistics, emotional venting, problem solving, and emotional connection to name a few. One problem we encounter in communication is when we start out having one type of conversation and devolve into another type that neither person is really ready for and often goes downhill quickly. Knowing the type of conversation you both want to have, being prepared for it, and sticking with it is a skill to be developed.

Marriage Counseling

While the environment in every relationship is unique to that relationship, there are basic principles necessary to meet your goals for your marriage. I will listen carefully to learn the environment of your relationship, and I have the skills and training to bring new insights and solutions you may not have seen using basic relational tools including the love bank, identifying, understanding and meeting emotional needs, the giver and the taker, and communication concepts such as Win/Lose tendencies, the Understand/Be Understood strategy, and the Circles of Sufficiency model.

Pre-Marriage Counseling

Couples preparing for marriage tend to focus on planning an awesome ceremony and party, but not really thinking a lot about building a strong marriage relationship. I bring a focus to pre-marriage topics essential for building a healthy and satisfying marriage. A few of the topics include family of origin, conflict and negotiation, communication tools, faith and spiritual alignment, meeting emotional needs, decision-making, and financial principles. I can help you establish a strong, healthy relationship and provide you with the tools you need to stay emotionally healthy and enjoy each other for the rest of your lives.

Family Counseling

At times both nuclear and extended families need help working through conflict and re-establishing healthy communication that has broken down. Wounds may exist from damage done over years among family members, or the constant pain caused by assault and withdrawal in relationships can result in relational breakdown. I bring tools and expertise in re-establishing communication and have found great success working with all ages of family members where help is needed on a variety of issues.