Do you find yourselves in a conflict struggle? And, would you like someone to help to find ways to communicate lovingly? At the end of the day, it can feel exhausting emotionally to get in another fight. As well, fighting day after day can feel like a real struggle for both you and your children. Through marriage counseling, we help distant couples understand what has created separation overtime. In marriage counseling in Mystic, Connecticut, you can learn how to love each other better and the ways each of you desire to be loved. Many times, couples are in a conflict and will continue the negative dance. Couples often are trying to avoid abandonment and rejection. And, as a result, there is this emptiness and loneliness in the marriage. But, we can help.
Often times, issues that are small little snowball and compile. Over time, these small frustrations create big cracks in a marriage foundation. After ten years, it can feel hard to connect and like you don’t know each other anymore.
The therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling help distant couples develop better communication and emotional closeness.
Through holistic counseling, you can find ways that help you feel loved and your partner feel support. As well, you can learn to share and communicate feelings in calm ways that leave you both feeling nurturing energy. From there, you can show your children how to have a healthy and happy marriage. In every marriage, there will be ebbs and flows. But, the conflict doesn’t have to lead to relationship insecurity or cheating. Through couples counseling, you can learn to develop a strong and secure a couple bubble. Essentially, this is a foundation to building meaningful connection. If you find that you are walking on egg shells around your spouse, reach out today. As well, we offer Gottman Couples Therapy which is a unique and evidence-based method. And, each marriage counseling session you can learn a variety of tools to communicate better.
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Learn to disagree with respect through holistic marriage counseling in Mystic, Connecticut and gain self-regulation
Now, self-regulation is one of the most important parts of a healthy marriage. So, next time you notice you are saying some thing too loud or yelling, self-regulation skills will help you pause. And, stop speaking. So, you can learn from therapy when it will not be productive to speak. And, you can have tools to calm yourself and feel peaceful no matter what chaos might be happening in your marriage. With marriage counseling in Mystic, Connecticut, you can learn how to bridge difficult conversations smoothly. As well, you can learn how to identify positive energy coming from yourself and your partner. If there is a heated moment, holistic counseling can give you the positive coping skills to know when to take a moment to pause. From there, no more hurtful things will be said.
Repair and heal after a conflict in marriage counseling
And, you can begin to repair communication and conflict. So, through marriage counseling, we walk you through different stages of how to heal after a fight. So, if you have had a regrettable incident, your couples counselor can help you overcome and process. Or, if you had a moment that you would like to take back, we can talk about that openly in couples therapy. Our couples therapists handle a variety of complex issues from LGBTQIA+ to affairs. Remember, your past moments make up who you are, but they don’t have to define you.
How do culture, gender roles, and gender express play a role in marriage counseling in Southeastern Connecticut?
Right now, does it feel like you do it all? Would you like help with child care? And, do you want to feel emotional support? Or, that you do all the cooking, cleaning, and house work? At times, spouses get stuck into gender roles and need help from a marriage counselor to become flexible. Sometimes, gender roles and stereotypes come along with shame, anger, guilt, and loss. In holistic counseling, your couples therapist can get you empathizing with each other again. Through marriage counseling in Mystic, Connecticut, you can learn techniques to playfully build trust. And, you can incorporate holistic coping outlets for moments when you feel stress.
Would you and your spouse like stress reducing tools for parenting?
Parenting and different family values can play a big role in marriage tension and conflict. Overall, holistic couples therapy can be that time each week to have regular communication. And, by setting aside a time on the schedule, you can resolve issues as they come up before the snow ball out of control. Often times, a little miscommunications add up. When it comes to parenting, your therapist can help you build boundaries and structure in your parent unit. Sometimes, children may pull one of you to their side. Maybe, one of you has different types of consequences for your children that the other. Right now, it may be easier to take care of your children and to take care of your marriage.
We help couples who have childhood trauma and family dysfunction and identify as an adult child of alcoholic parents.
Affairs and betrayal in couples therapy
If you and your partner have had affairs of betrayal, our marriage counselors can help you truly heal. Our counselors can help you understand what caused the affair, and what you can do to prevent one again. Essentially, those affairs and any secrets kept from one another are traumas. Affairs are very hurtful and very shocking. However, uncovering an affair can be one of the most pivotal points in both an individual and a marriage. Secrets only perpetuate dysfunction and shame, so when a secret is unfolding, Marriage Counseling can be very helpful. Overall, when a secret is unfolding, Marriage Counseling can help both people remain calm and clear thinking.
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Do you feel like you want a safe place to be a priority and stop people pleasing?
Marriage counseling can help you build security and a playful connection again. In couples therapy in Southeastern Connecticut, you are welcome to mix it up with individual therapy. So, one week, you may do a marriage therapy session. And, the next week, you may reach out to your therapist for an individual session. To add, you are welcome to see another therapist our our holistic team for individual therapy weekly as well.
We help couples who feel distant, alone, and want to get playful together again through marriage counseling in Mystic, Connecticut.
For one, if you’ve tried traditional talk counseling and it hasn’t worked, we offer a creative options beyond words. Maybe, you would like to do an outdoor couples therapy session in the sunshine. Or, you would like to do yoga and meditation to build connection in your couples therapy session. In Mystic, Connecticut, you can interweave holistic counseling to communicate your love and feel energy in ways beyond words. For some couples, talking only leads to more yelling, anger and frustration. And, this is often because each person in the couple unit becomes flooded with anger and can’t see clearly.
How do our marriage therapists specialize in trauma and PTSD?
Often, couples re-traumatize each other without realizing it. Do you want to learn about gaslighting and conflict in your marriage? Sometimes, couples develop a trauma bonding cycle. In childhood, there may have been moments of neglect, abandonment, trauma and abuse for you both.
Essentially, a trauma response occurs when either person yells.
So, when you become triggered, mind body therapies help you reconnect to your center. In counseling, your marital therapist may incorporate holistic mind-body therapy. For example, soothing breathing techniques promote calming and inner meditation. In order to have a strong and healthy couple unit, each person needs to have self calming strategies. We teach those to couples at Wisdom Within Counseling.
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LGBTQIA+ affirming couples therapy in Mystic, Connecticut
Marriage counseling in Mystic, Connecticut is also LGBTQIA+ affirming. So, what that means is that we accept and welcome people of all genders, sexualities, and races. So, no matter your ethnicity, how you identify in terms of your sexual orientation, or the type of relationship you choose to be in, we are accepting. In general, our family therapists work with couples who are in open relationships and polyamorous relationships. As well, our marital counselors help couples who are in monogamous relationships. We also help couples who are getting divorced and needing coparenting counseling.
Often times, our family therapists work with children, teenagers, and couples who are gender questioning.
Sometimes, couples get married and then these feeling come up. Many times, after being married for a few years and having a child, new feelings around bisexuality or sexual orientation arise. For one, you may realize that you identify as non-binary now. Or, you may identify with demi girl. As well, you may also now realize that having a supportive LGBTQIA+ affirming spouse is important to you.
As well, your child may be transgender or gender questioning and you want to talk about that and couples therapy in Mystic, Connecticut.
Sometimes, having a teenager who comes out as pansexual or bisexual can be a reason for married couples to get into counseling. So, whether the sexual or gender issues are related to you or to your child, we are happy to help and educated in the specialty areas. Frequently, we work with same sex couples, gay men, lesbian women in marriage counseling as a speciality.
