Sentences with phrase «says couples counselor»

Your girlfriend's eyes scanning your face is another positive sign, says couples counselor Elly Prior on her website.

It will never be a «good» time to tell her husband about her affair, says couples counselor Elly Prior in the article «Surviving Infidelity» on ProfessionalCounselling.com.

Don't confuse «causes» with «excuses,» but accept that these need to be addressed to help the marriage survive, says couples counselor Elly Prior in «Overcoming Infidelity» on her website www.professional-counselling.com.

Not exact matches

After a couple has agreed on a feasible plan the counselor may say: «I want to commend you on taking a positive step.

Ask any reputable marriage counselor and they will tell you they rarely, if ever at all, encounter a married couple who says: «we have an outstanding sex life, however, we want to get divorced.»

Couples can make split - shift parenting work, the Chicago counselor says.

Then, a couple of days ago, he just left, and Jenny hasn't heard from him since, short of a text message saying he was meeting with a counselor.

says Stephen Giles, a couples counselor and social worker in Toronto..

Jim Solomon, a counselor who specializes in helping married couples, says there are good reasons to restore a

«Instead of saying, «Go to class,»» suggests Courtney Ivy Davis, Nashville Big Picture's school counselor and internship coordinator, «start a conversation, and say something like, «Hey, I've seen that you've been late for the past couple days.

DINK couples are «financially comfortable, don't desire to have kids and consequently have more financial resources,» said Kathryn Bossler, a certified credit counselor at GreenPath Financial Wellness.

Komar said certified divorce financial planners, accountants, realtors, appraisers and therapists and counselors all are likely to see an influx of clients for the remainder of 2018 as divorcing couples try to determine if they should finalize their divorce in 2018 before the alimony changes take effect.

«Fighting about who pays the bills, cleans, does lawn work or laundry, is more about feeling appreciated and getting credit than doing the actual task,» says Melissa Cohen, LCSW, a couples counselor in private practice in Westfield, NJ.

Without it, partners get lazy and the spark dies out, says Irina Firstein, LCSW, a New York City relationship counselor who has doled out relationship advice to couples for over 20 years.

It might surprise you to hear a couples counselor say couples counseling isn't for everyone.

I'm a marriage counselor and can't help but relate to how couples become «flooded» which is just another way of saying that they «flip their lids» and do and say things they often don't mean and regret in many instances.

It means different things for different people, says Michael McNulty, Ph.D., a master certified Gottman Therapist and Chicago - based couples counselor.

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I know a couple of couples who have used Christian marriage counselors and they said the religious aspect made them more comfortable.

But like I said, every program varies, and a lot of it can be shaped by the counselor or couple — there's no «one size fits all».

Dr. Beverly Rodgers, founder of Adult Children of Divorce Parents and counselor for married couples from divorced families, said that many of her clients explain they feel «an overwhelming sense of doom» about their relationships.

Too many counselors say they provide marriage or couples counseling and work from and individual framework.

Dr. Heck says when choosing a therapist, it's important for couples to know the counselor's value system up front.

Although over 80 % of therapists say that they do couple's counseling, only 12 % of those counselors have ever had even one class in marriage counseling!

It's also fair to say that not many counselors have my experience or method of approach for helping couples repair their marriages after an affair.

«Couples counselors have been aware for decades of the need to discern whether the couple has come in to stay together or to break up,» he says.

As couples counselors, we have lots of couples say, «I've never done couples therapy before.

A number of my clients have sought couples counseling from pastoral counselors, social workers and therapists who say they offer marriage therapy.

As a couples counselor specializing in Imago Relationship Therapy, I have observed many times someone saying to their partner, «I understand,» or, «I know what you mean.»

Counselors can also help by teaching specific communication interventions and by helping the couple find the words they really want to say, making conversations clear, nonjudgmental, and effective.

Now that's not to say that you shouldn't go even if your spouse doesn't have the desire (counselors can still give even one half of a couple some great tips and ideas).

Although there are some couples who will say that marriage counseling actually brought forth more challenges concerning their relationship, that's usually because a counselor may bring up topics and issues that wouldn't come up any other way.

«Couples really need to talk about what each partner in the relationship expects,» says New York couples counselor Jane Greer, PhD, author of What AbCouples really need to talk about what each partner in the relationship expects,» says New York couples counselor Jane Greer, PhD, author of What Abcouples counselor Jane Greer, PhD, author of What About Me?

I forgot to mention that my counselor and marriage counselor for over a year had said we belonged together, that they had seen couples and knew when it wasn't going to work and so forth!!

Marriage counselors are good people that want to help couples have better relationships, but the structure of marriage counseling — complaining about each other for an hour a week, waiting for the counselor to fix the other person, saying disrespectful things in front of a stranger — is dysfunctional and does a lot of harm, unfortunately.

On that note, Rochelle Peachey, a couples counselor, says, «If you do go to bed with the argument unsolved, be the first one to re-open it, but in a more reasonable way.

Some counselors say that every other week or twice a month for an hour is okay, but we have seen hundreds of couples and it's likely that we see more couples than any other counselors in the state of Oklahoma, and if couples are skipping weeks in the beginning of counseling they set themselves up for a real struggle.

Marriage counselor Dr. Susan Johnson says trying to teach couples a list of rules to follow during conflict sets them up for failure.