If you ask most couples what they think will cause the biggest fights down the road, they'll usually guess in-laws, or how often to see friends, or who does the dishes. Almost nobody guesses money — and that surprises me every time, because the research keeps saying otherwise. In fact, money ...read more
The Tools Every Couple Needs to Start Well
The Tools Every Couple Needs to Start Well For a lot of my career, premarital counseling lived almost entirely inside church walls. These days, however, many couples are interested in non-religious premarital counseling as well. I understand why — I spent years as a pastoral counselor myself, ...read more
Too Busy Planning a Wedding? Why a Pre-Marital or Pre-Commitment Counseling Intensive Just Makes Sense
Fast-Tracking Your Foundation: Why Engaged or Committed Couples are Choosing Pre-marital or Pre-commitment Intensives Throughout my career in the people-helping professions—spanning pastoral care, chaplaincy, and mental health therapy—I have learned a definitive truth: preparing for a lifelong, ...read more
3 Reasons Why Men Should Try Therapy
Men have taken on a specific role in human development over the span of hundreds of thousands of years. While roles have very recently shifted somewhat, historically speaking, men have been the ones to fight the wars and build society. And if you think about it, it’s pretty hard to feel emotions, ...read more
Understanding Sexual Desire Issues
Sex is a big part of life. Sex sells. Sex is everywhere. From the time we hit puberty until the time we take our last breath, sex is on our mind a LOT!But what do we really understand about sex? Not the mechanics of it, but the WHY of it. What makes us want to have sex?The truth is, there are myriad ...read more
3 Ways Individual Counseling Can Help Your Marriage
Even happily married couples can hit obstacles along the way. When this happens, couples can either go it alone and try to work through their issues themselves, or they can seek the guidance of a trained and experienced marriage counselor. While some couples feel their problems should be kept ...read more
5 Warning Signs It’s Time to Try Couples Counseling
When you first fell in love, you could never imagine that someday the sound of your partner chewing could make you want to scream. It’s inevitable that once we are out of our honeymoon phase and reality sets in, we realize that all relationships take work and compromise. But while some couples may ...read more