The Intimate Connection
When you first met your partner, there was something special about the connection you had. You were excited to be with them and share your thoughts and feelings. The experience of allowing yourself to be known and knowing your partner on a deep, trusting level made it exciting to be with them.
When the Excitement Begins to Fade
As time passed, you may no longer feel that your partner truly hears or understands you. Your emotional needs are no longer being met at a satisfactory level. Your not feeling as connected as before.
Fighting May Increase
You may find yourselves bickering over the small details of daily life, or having blowouts in which you say things to wound each other. Issues between you don't seem to come to resolution, but keep popping up as you reiterate the same points and arguments over and over.
You May Be In Crisis
The level of trust in your relationship has diminished.
You may no longer feel safe opening up to your partner.
An affair may have been revealed. Internet pornography
addiction recently discovered. You may even be thinking
about divorce.
You've Tried Hard to Work Things Out
You've tried different approaches to your partner but they don't seem to work. You've talked things over with friends and relatives who have offered well-meaning advice. You may have tried couples counseling with a therapist or clergy but it didn't make a lasting difference.
Couples Counseling Can Make A Difference
Surveys of couples completing couples therapy with a trained couples therapist show that the overwhelming majority found that they were satisfied with the help that they received. Unfortunately, those same studies show that the average couple waits six or seven years beyond the time their marriage starts to unravel before they seek counseling. There are a variety of reasons you can give yourselves for postponing therapy, but it's better to ask yourself 'how important is my relationship?'
We'd like to help
All of the therapists at Cleveland Couples Center specialize in couples counseling and have trained extensively in a systems approach to working with couples. Many counselors are reluctant to work with couples and prefer working with individuals. We like working with couples and have helped many of them to achieve satisfying and revitalized relationships.
When you first met your partner, there was something special about the connection you had. You were excited to be with them and share your thoughts and feelings. The experience of allowing yourself to be known and knowing your partner on a deep, trusting level made it exciting to be with them.
When the Excitement Begins to Fade
As time passed, you may no longer feel that your partner truly hears or understands you. Your emotional needs are no longer being met at a satisfactory level. Your not feeling as connected as before.
Fighting May Increase
You may find yourselves bickering over the small details of daily life, or having blowouts in which you say things to wound each other. Issues between you don't seem to come to resolution, but keep popping up as you reiterate the same points and arguments over and over.
You May Be In Crisis
The level of trust in your relationship has diminished.
You may no longer feel safe opening up to your partner.
An affair may have been revealed. Internet pornography
addiction recently discovered. You may even be thinking
about divorce.
You've Tried Hard to Work Things Out
You've tried different approaches to your partner but they don't seem to work. You've talked things over with friends and relatives who have offered well-meaning advice. You may have tried couples counseling with a therapist or clergy but it didn't make a lasting difference.
Couples Counseling Can Make A Difference
Surveys of couples completing couples therapy with a trained couples therapist show that the overwhelming majority found that they were satisfied with the help that they received. Unfortunately, those same studies show that the average couple waits six or seven years beyond the time their marriage starts to unravel before they seek counseling. There are a variety of reasons you can give yourselves for postponing therapy, but it's better to ask yourself 'how important is my relationship?'
We'd like to help
All of the therapists at Cleveland Couples Center specialize in couples counseling and have trained extensively in a systems approach to working with couples. Many counselors are reluctant to work with couples and prefer working with individuals. We like working with couples and have helped many of them to achieve satisfying and revitalized relationships.