Couples Counseling
Who We Help
We work with couples who want to improve their marriage.
Imagine:
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Waking up and looking at your spouse and feeling… safe, known, cherished.
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Being able to disagree without fear, repair quickly, lean into deeper friendship.
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Experiencing intimacy — emotional closeness, physical affection, spiritual unity — without shame, guilt, or unspoken walls.
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Walking together toward God’s design for your marriage — where sex is joyful, secure, and sacred, not a source of fear or tension.”
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This is not about fixing your marriage. It’s about growing it alive again.
What You Can Expect in Counseling
A gentle, guided process that gives you the time, space, and tools to grow together — and continue building connection beyond the counseling room.
1. Begin with a Conversation
We’ll start with a session together where you share your story, hopes, and challenges. We may also spend time with each of you individually to better understand your perspectives.
2. Sessions Designed for Connection
Most sessions are held with both of you together, and sometimes individually, depending on what will serve your relationship best. We also offer extended 90-minute sessions when more space and depth would be helpful — giving couples the chance to slow down and make the most of their time.
3. Growing Beyond the Counseling Room
The real work of change often happens between sessions — in how you listen, speak, and connect in everyday life. Our goal is to help you carry what you learn here into your marriage at home, where it matters most.
4. Ongoing Guidance and Support
As you practice new ways of connecting, we’ll revisit your progress, celebrate wins, and make adjustments together. Counseling is not about perfection, but about steady growth toward closeness, safety, and joy.
Our Approach
We believe healing happens when you feel safe, supported, and fully seen.
Counseling with us is not about quick fixes — it’s about real growth that honors your whole self: mind, body, and spirit.
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1. Gottman Method at the Core
We use research-backed Gottman interventions: love maps, fondness & admiration, turning toward vs away, repair attempts, stress regulation, soft startup, conflict management, shared meaning. These tools help you:
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Rebuild emotional safety
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Strengthen your friendship
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Repair ruptures quickly
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Navigate conflict without hurting each other
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Build your “couple’s culture” (shared rituals, meaning)
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2. Biblical & Christian Perspective
We anchor your growth in God’s design for marriage: covenant, sacrificial love, mutual respect, humility, grace. We also:
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Address the spiritual side of intimacy (sexual oneness as part of the covenant).
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Speak truth about desire, boundaries, purity, and redemption.
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Bring prayer, Scripture, and spiritual accountability if desired (always client-led, never forced).
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3. Healing from Purity Culture Wounds
Many couples come carrying confusion, shame, guilt, fear tied to purity teachings. We:
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Help you disentangle shame from truth
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Reframe sex in marriage as a gift, not a burden
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Unpack unrealistic expectations or distortions
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Empower you to reclaim pleasure, trust, and freedom in intimacy
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Counseling with us is collaborative. You lead the way. We come alongside you to encourage, challenge, and help you unlock the potential that has always been within you.