marriage therapy
Build Your Emotional Capacity
Building your emotional capacity is one of my main goals as a Utah therapist. If you are able to increase how much emotional discomfort you can handle as a person, you will be better off. You will be stronger! We all have limits emotionally just like we all have limits physically. And, just like…
Read MoreCommunication In Marriage Tip – Use A Soft Start Up
Here is a communication in marriage tip to help you develop better skills to communicate well with your spouse. These are taken from John Gottman’s research with couples over the years and my experience as a marriage and family therapist in Utah for nearly two decades. Communication in Marriage Tip – Soft Start Up…
Read MoreHow To Communicate Better – Learn These 3 Principles
Let’s talk about how to communicate better with your spouse. This is something that you would learn in marriage therapy, but can learn here and apply at home. It might take a therapist to help you apply it, but let’s try it this way at first to see how it goes for you. When…
Read MoreCauses Of Divorce
What are the causes of divorce? If you want to know what one of the best researchers out there has to say about it, check out John Gottman’s work. Or you can read a quick summary of some of it here – 4 Signs You Have Marriage Problems and How To Fix Your Marriage Problems.…
Read MoreCouples Counseling For Infertility
Couples counseling for infertility in Utah can help both of you make sense of what has and is happening and heal together. Infertility impacts so many couples for different reasons. Whatever the reason it is impacting you, it brings with it pain, confusion, anger and shame. It might also cause anxiety (Related Article: Counseling For…
Read MoreMarriage Therapy For Infidelity
Marriage therapy for infidelity can be a painful and healing experience. Over the years of offering marriage counseling as a marriage and family therapist in Utah, I have learned from couples in this situation. Let me share with you what I have learned from the ones who made it and the ones who didn’t make…
Read MoreEmotional Intimacy – What Is It And How To Get It
Emotional intimacy is something most couples want. But what is it and how do you get it? It isn’t as mysterious as you think, but it isn’t as easy as you think as well. Emotional intimacy is developed when both partners make it emotionally safe for each other and share themselves in a vulnerable way.…
Read MoreHow To Communicate Effectively: Avoid These Marriage Communication Problems
How To Communicate Effectively: Avoid These Two Communication Problems In Marriage If you want to learn how to communicate efficiently, avoid these two marriage communication problems. They lead to marriage problems pretty fast. The first is trying to be the boss of your spouse and the second is trying to be the expert (Related Article:…
Read MoreHow Couples Therapy Works
Couples therapy isn’t something new. It isn’t a mystery. We know how and why it works for most couples who participate. As a marriage and family therapist in Utah for almost two decades, this is what I have found about how couples therapy works. Couples Therapy Is Attachment Based First, couples therapy…
Read MoreCreate Emotional Safety Through Fixing Marriage Problems
If you create emotional safety in your marriage it is one of the best things you can do to make your it last. Let’s talk about what emotional safety is and why it matters. You can create emotional safety with your spouse if you approach it right. There is a myth that if you have…
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