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Couple Therapy
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Relationship enhancement therapy is one form of couple counseling
that is frequently sought by higher functioning couples. I first complete
an assessment of the areas of couple dissatisfaction as well an evaluation
of its strengths. This allows me to formulate a goal-directed course
of treatment, focused on areas such as learning mutual understanding,
enhancing communication skills, addressing parenting issues where
appropriate, seeking creative solutions to sexual difficulties, and
teaching healthy conflict resolution.
Decision-oriented counseling takes couples in crisis who may
be considering separation or divorce and leads them through a process
of focused evaluation, finding available resources to maintain the
relationship wherever possible, utilizing a structured separation
strategy when clients are not willing to commit to the relationship
but are not yet ready to end it, and assisting those deciding to
break up in finding the most healthy and non-destructive resolution
possible.
I am an experienced divorce counselor, have training and experience
in divorce mediation, can testify as an Expert Witness in custody
matters in Family Court, and have skills in assisting parents post-divorce
in minimizing the long-term damage of family dissolution to the
children involved.
My expertise with couples includes both heterosexual and lesbian
clients.
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