Every couple experiences some measures of healthy and unhealthy aspects to their relationship. Couples therapy is centered on the Gottman Method, which is based upon the Sound Relationship House Theory. Relationships may be improved by: enhancing the awareness of each other's world, nurturing fondness, increasing turning towards one another, learning conflict management skills, solving solvable problems, overcoming gridlocked issues, and creating shared meaning.
Individual therapy is provided for adults. Individual therapy includes grounding and relaxation skills, family systems, cognitive-behavioral, structural therapy, solution-focused techniques, defining boundaries, strengths-based, and integrating Christian principles and practices upon request.
Boundaries
Unclear boundaries are known as enmeshed, rigid, unknown, or undefined. Boundary issues are intertwined in multiple mental health conditions and relationship problems. Through therapy, healthier boundaries may be developed to define where you end and begin as you take ownership and responsibility over your thoughts, words, actions, feelings, choices, love, and more.
Anxiety & Stress
Calmness and self-regulation are integral to improving anxiety and stress. The autonomic nervous system is largely responsible for responses to fear and stress. Therapy assists with providing a safe space to identify, process, and manage the triggers. As anxiety and stress are physiological responses, therapy includes physiological techniques such as breathing, guided imagery, progressive muscle relaxation, and more.
Christian Spirituality
Nutrition and Lifestyle Education
Each mental health disorder is affected by the frequency of eating, the quality of food, sleep, and exercise. For example, not eating can increase difficulty concentrating and exacerbate feelings of anxiety or being on edge, and lack of sleep may induce difficulty in emotional regulation. These factors are addressed throughout therapy, and at times, educational interventions and therapeutic tasks are implemented.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The meaning you make in a situation or towards another person involves your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. CBT techniques in therapy include identifying and challenging negative thoughts and behaviors.
Strengths-Based Therapy
Knowing your strengths and resources is vital to mental health. Through therapy, you may develop greater awareness of how you have successfully handled challenges in the past to be applied to the present, and you may see strengths in your relationship that are often overlooked when negative sentiment dominates.
Anxiety
Boundary development
Codependency
Communication
Conflict management
Depression
Flooding
Gridlocked issues
Identity development
Life changes
Self-regulation
Shared meaning
Spirituality
Stress
