Marriages in crisis, pre-marital counseling, parenting skills, marriage seminars

If your marriage is in crisis please call us for an appointment. We also offer pre-marital counseling and lively marital seminars for couples who want to keep their marriages vibrant. Sometimes families are broadsided by events that leave them reeling: miscarriage or infertility, unfaithfulness in marriage, recovery from divorce, addictions that chaotically disrupt your home, the stress of care-taking elderly parents, trauma from crime, accidents, death or frightening health concerns. Christian counseling by our professional therapists will give you practical strategies.

Pre-marital Counseling
Whether this is a first marriage or a second marriage we want to help you start out on the right foot and avoid pitfalls on the road ahead. Love for a lifetime is not an impossibility with God’s blueprints for relationships. A few of the issues we cover in pre-marital counseling are healthy communication, conflict resolution, financial considerations, sex as God meant it to be, expectations in marriage and understanding your unique personalities. Take a look at our  Premarital Inventory  .  Engaged couples find that premarital counseling deepens their relationship and it’s also fun!

Marriage Counseling
How did your love turn into something so painful? We use the research of Dr. John Gottman who found key elements to focus on for healing relationships. Aaron also utilizes Restoration Therapy and is certified to the advanced level in training with Dr. Terry Hargrave.  The goals of our Christian marriage counseling are for you to honestly talk through the wounds in your marriage and learn to nurture each other deeply. Even with the devastation of unfaithfulness we have seen marriages restored.

Sexual Problems
Sometimes couples encounter problems in their sexual love for each other.  Perhaps your marriage is emotionally close but sexually disappointing for both of you. Some problems could be no desire for intimacy, painful intercourse, pre-mature ejaculation, flashbacks from past sexual abuse, no orgasms or impotence. We can help diagnose blocks and explore practical solutions for enjoying physical intimacy again. As a couple you decide if you would be more comfortable with a female or male therapist.

Family Counseling
If your home feels like an emotional battleground then call us. We can coach you on parenting skills to help your family navigate through the confusing dynamics of divorce, remarriage and step-parenting.

Divorce Recovery
Our goal is to help marriages heal, but if a couple divorces the goal shifts to helping them focus on co-parenting without hostility so that emotional damage to their children is decreased.  Read more here about Helping Your Children with Divorce. We do not do custody evaluations, but have a referral list here for specialists in that area.

Parenting Skills
Parenting is the hardest job in the world that no one gets paid for! You don’t have to feel defeated. We will coach you on parenting skills for the unique needs of your child.

Workshops
We are available to speak at your church or business on many of the topics above. Our goal is to give you practical information you can take and use. We also do half-day marriage seminars or weekend marriage retreats. See more here about scheduling a speaker.

Please return to our Home Page for information on:
Individual counseling for depression, anxiety, anger, trauma and grief
Counseling for Pastors & Missionaries
Sexual addiction recovery including freedom from pornography
and 3-day Sexual Addiction Intensives
Upcoming Events and helpful resources