COUNSELING TO HELP YOUR FAMILY FIND CONFIDENCE AND CLARITY
We help distant couples feel emotional and spiritual connection and improve communication.
Where and you and your partner right now?
As holistic marriage counselors in Niantic, Connecticut, we know that successful marriages take work. And, with negative fights, you want to quit. But, there is a part of you that still has hope. Unfortunately, you feel exhaustion, like you can’t do this anymore. Furthermore, hours of endless, negative, circular conversations leave you hopeless and crying. On that note, when you cry, your partner isn’t there for you, which make matters worse. Simply put, you want your partner to hold you tight, especially when you cry. Now, you are feeling some big, major misunderstandings pile up. But, when you and your partner try to talk it out, it turns to angry yelling and fighting quickly. At this point in your marriage, you are beginning to research what you’ve been doing vs. something different like holistic marriage counseling.
Is your marriage salvageable? In holistic marriage counseling, we help you figure this out.
Your next step to is seek expert marriage therapy, if there is any hope of coming back from this big fight. At Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, Connecticut, we are a team of marriage specialists. So, as marriage specialists, we help distant couples reconnect. Often, we work with high conflict couples to feel safe, trust each other, and calmly discuss important topics. Plus, we help couples in counseling to develop and maintain a strong couple bubble. Further, a couple bubble is an invisible boundary around you and your partner that feels like, us against the world. Many times, couples who are in distress have little to no couple bubble. Therefore, as marriage therapists, we help frustrated couples team up to create a healthy couple bubble for marriage success. To get started with a phone consultation for holistic marriage counseling in Niantic, Connecticut, call/text 860-451-9364.
How marriage counseling at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic works?
First, you and your partner are fighting. Everyday, a new fight starts. One time, both of you were yelling so hard it was hard to hear the next day. Going to bed, you are resentful and angry. Further, you are so upset that if you don’t get expert help right away, you are on the verge of divorce. Now, you have made a big decision to sleep in your second guest room. Right now, sleeping next to someone that you resent so deeply makes you feel such inner conflict. And, you are so done with this horrible cycle of intentional, hurtful jabs. In holistic marriage counseling in Niantic, Connecticut, you and your partner can learn to communicate better. Yes, it seems impossible right now. But, helping frustrated, distant couples reconnect, learn to trust again, and create a healthy marriage is our speciality.
How do we help couples in counseling feel connected and trust each other again?
Plus, holistic marriage counseling helps you both model positive communication and fair fighting techniques to your children. One day, your children will grow up and get married. They will use the same behaviors they were watching their whole lives. So, for your children, get expert couples counseling today. Further, when couples who are distant come in for counseling, we incorporate art therapy, yoga, and outdoor therapies to support your couple bubble. And, you and your partner can feel attached to each other in a positive way rather than from fear of losing each other. Notably, couples counseling in Niantic, Connecticut offers lifelong skills that you can use to set healthy boundaries with in-laws. From past frustration that no longer serves you, you and your partner can feel deeply connected and on the same page again.
Three tips from a Niantic marriage counselor to improve your marriage today
As a team of Niantic marriage therapists, we want to provide you with some techniques to use right now. Next time, when you and your partner start to fight, implement these couples therapy skills. Further, holistic marriage counseling teaches you and your partner(s), how to communicate your feelings. To note, we are LGBTQIA+ friendly and educated. Therefore, we welcome polyamorous couples. Likewise, polyamorous couples are more complex emotionally and require the help of a polyamorous couples therapist. As marriage therapists in Niantic, we welcome all couples, polyamorous couples and monogamous couples.
What are some amazing benefits of couples therapy in Southeastern Connecticut?
And, rather than yelling, shouting, or belittling, holistic marriage counseling will teach you how to respectfully get your deep needs met. Likewise, in Niantic, Connecticut holistic marriage counseling helps you and your spouse turn towards each other and fall deeper in love. Rekindling desire, relearning each other, and having better sex are other perks to holistic marriage counseling in Niantic, Connecticut.
Holistic marriage counseling tip number one
First, holistic marriage counseling in Niantic, Connecticut is about reconnection. So, to rekindle reconnection, goto a weekly yoga class together. To note, one of the main reasons couples fall out of love is because they don’t make time for each other. So, sit down together and schedule time for your couple bubble. Further, going to a a couples yoga class invites physical, emotional, and spiritual connection. Love is truly a blend of physical, emotional, and spiritual connection in your marriage. In holistic marriage counseling in Niantic, Connecticut, you will learn more about just how important maintaining a strong couple bubble is.
Niantic, CT holistic marriage counseling tip number two: focus on the good
Secondly, when fighting, your brain will tell you all the things your partner is doing wrong. Also, your brain is very good at bringing up old, painful memories and rehashing them. And, if you listen to this negative, voice in your head, you can end up resentful, angry, and bitter at your partner. Sadly, for some, the silent treatment lasts for days. Instead, consciously tell yourself three good things you love about your partner. For example, think back to the moment you fell in love. Remember, the sunset, your first kiss together, and this will help your mind stay focused on your successful marriage.
Tip number three for a healthier marriage: whisper or talk softly
Third, whisper. To note, if you whisper, and your partner is yelling, they may lower their voice to hear you. And, if you are yelling, remember to whisper. Similarly, if you are yelling, no one can hear you. Lastly, yelling makes your partner actually stop listening.
What is holistic marriage counseling in Niantic, Connecticut?
To note, not all marriage therapy along the shoreline of Connecticut is the same. For one, holistic marriage counseling at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic is creative. For instance, your couples therapist may offer couples yoga poses to support relaxation and calmness. Or, your holistic marriage counselor may offer guided meditation or breathing techniques for anxiety coping skills. Additionally, your holistic marriage counseling session may include art therapy to help you and your partner(s) visualize your positive goals. So, if words are not working, holistic marriage counseling offers more than just talk counseling. Lastly, many deep emotions including shame, guilt, loss, and anger are held in your unconscious mind. So, creative, holistic marriage counseling can help you release these stuck, negative emotions. And, it is stuck feelings that hold you back from creating the marriage you have always wanted. So, to begin holistic marriage counseling in Niantic, Connecticut, call/text 860-451-9364.
Has there been trauma in your childhood, or your partner’s childhood?
To note, if you or your partner have experienced trauma, this is impacting your marriage. Katie Ziskind, the owner of Wisdom Within Counseling, is a trauma specialist. Further, Katie Ziskind, has extensive trauma training and specializes in how childhood trauma impacts marriage fights. Specifically, Katie Ziskind helps individuals who have been through sexual trauma learn to create healthy, positive attachment sot their partner. On that note, Katie Ziskind then helps the other partner(s) be receptive to bids for affection. And, Katie Ziskind also helps partners hold each other close emotionally. So, if you or your partner has been through trauma, your relationship can feel confusing. With a trauma history, especially sexual abuse victims, tend to push partners away as a defense mechanism.
How does experiencing sexual trauma in childhood impact your romantic relationships today?
First, if you have a history of sexual trauma in childhood, the way you relate to your partner is very different. Since you have been through sexual abuse, you are going to have old protective mechanisms in place. And, these old ways of relating helped you overcome and survive the sexual trauma. For someone who does not have a trauma history, your behaviors of protection can come off as rejection. Unfortunately, many marriages and relationships fail because no trauma specialist is involved with couples counseling. Therefore, if you or your partner have a history of childhood trauma, you may also find drugs and alcohol have been creeping in. And, you live for the relationship the high’s.
How can having a sexual trauma specialist as a couples counselor help improve your marriage?
Lastly, couples counseling in Niantic can help you and your partner(s) overcome childhood trauma and deeply attach to yourself, then your partner. Plus, with a trauma speciality, Katie Ziskind, teaches you how to recognize the cycle of your fights to gain self-awareness. From this awareness of your trauma cycle of frustrating fights, you can team up to stop it in its tracks. So, to begin your journey of healing from childhood sexual trauma and creating a healthy romantic relationship, call/text 860-451-9364.
How can yoga therapy in Niantic, Connecticut help me and my partner practice self-care together?
Also, yoga therapy can be very healing for a couples who have been in traditional talk counseling for years. Overall, yoga is a very out-of-the-box technique that helps you gain flexible thinking, improve connection, and get playful right in your couples therapy session. Also, yoga therapy with inversions, poses, meditation, and guided breathing can really help you and your partner gain a newfound sense of intimacy. Yoga inversions also benefit your digestive system, increased circulation, and can help you think more clearly from connecting with yourself. Through yoga therapy, you gain a core intention, a strong relationship with your mind, body and spirit. Then, we work to help you give and receive with your partner.
How does marriage counseling in Niantic, Connecticut help?
Sometimes, couples fight. But, when your marriage is taking a dark turn for the worse, an expert couples therapist needs to be on the team. At Wisdom Within Counseling near East Lyme, we are a team of marriage and family therapists who help reconnect distant couples. Plus, we help couples who are tried and exhausted of fighting to create trust again.
Proudly, we support and counsel polyamorous couples alongside monogamous marriages
Furthermore, as couple counselors we are proudly educated in LGBTQIA+ marriage therapy. On that note, we enjoy working with polyamorous couples, polyamorous quads, and multiple partners in marriage therapy. At times, it takes an LGBTQ couples therapist to help discuss opening up a marriage, swinging, sharing the secret of having an affair, and healing after infidelity. So, polyamorous couples are welcome alongside monogamous couples.
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