Conjoint Couples Counseling

Each of us is born into a family. We are not given a choice about who give us life and we have feelings about where we land. Families are very important. They are our launching pad for life.  We will take on the characteristics of these people, be imprinted by them, become one of their tribe.  Marcel refers to the "kidney principal" better be nice to them because someday we might be asking them to donate a  kidney to us - since they are the only one's with our DNA.  

Claissa Pencola Estes' in her book, Women Who Run With the Wolves speaks of the "missing Zygot."  Sometimes we land in a family where we believe we do not belong. Maybe there is a family down the block that we would fit into better and where we would be happier in but here we are a misfit in the tribe we are born into.

Whether we love them to bits or feel like it's the wrong nest -  we are on a lifelong journey with these people, our family.

Happiness & harmony may exist in different quantities, proportions, shapes and levels, yet they are the ingredients that make up a successful family, where each member feels comfortable, safe and is able to grow.

The focus of family therapy is on the strength of the family unit or couple, improving communication and an invitation to each person to participate, address and change what prevents their family from moving towards amore loving and effective relationships.

Two people come together in friendship and love to gain a greater measure of happiness. Each person can grow as a result of loving one another. Parents want to share love with their children when their infants, young children, teens and for a lifetime. There are times when the nest becomes rough and even starts to fall apart. Family therapy is for:

• Families who want to improve their relationship.

• Parents experiencing stress.

• Parents and teens who feel disconnected.

• Couples who believe their relationship is in crises and desire to stay together.

• Couples who are divorcing and strive to disconnect in an atmosphere that respects one another, their new role as co-parents or to address the grief that accompanies change.