Learning how to communicate effectively in a relationship isn’t something you are taught in school. Although, it impacts most of your life and relationships. No, we are taught how to become engineers, doctors, teachers – all kinds of workers. But, we are not taught how to communicate with each other.    Even though communication in…

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Relationship counseling can help you have a stronger marriage and work through marriage problems. We have been providing couples counseling in Utah County and Salt Lake County for years. Let me share what we have learned about what you need to know before you go into relationship counseling for those pesky marriage issues.    Marriage…

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Counseling is meant to help everyone who enters it. If you have difficulty in your life such as anxiety, depression, pornography, or marriage problems that you can’t handle on your own, counseling is a great option. It’s not guaranteed, however, to make everything better. Counseling is a great option for so many problems and a…

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Communication barriers in marriage might sneak up on you and you don’t realize it until your marriage is suffering. Let’s review several barriers to communication that can hurt your relationship. We will also review what to do to fix them. As a marriage and family therapist in Orem and South Jordan for the past 18…

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What can marriage counseling do and what are its limitations? If you are experiencing marriage problems and are like other couples, you have waited years too long to go into counseling. There are many reasons you might have waited, but here you are. Reading this article and thinking about going to counseling.      What…

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Counseling can be useful whether it is for just you or for you and your partner. Counseling for individuals is something that most people need in their life at some point or another. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, work issues, anger, infidelity, marriage problems or other issues, individual counseling can help. There…

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Pre marriage counseling will help you and your partner to increase the likelihood of marriage success. You will learn skills to communicate well, understand yourself better and work through issues together. Or, it could actually help you end your relationship before you get married. Either way, good thing. You don’t want to force a relationship…

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Most couples ask about how to communicate effectively in a relationship at one point or another. This isn’t something that is taught in school, given to you as a wedding present or even followed up on after your wedding. How you communicate before you are married is likely how you will communicate after you get…

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In relationship counseling, I am often asked, ‘How do I fix my communication problems in my marriage?” The answers seem easy, but can be difficult to apply. Let’s talk about a few principles I share with couples in relationship counseling that will help you communicate in marriage.    How You Communicate Vs. What You Communicate…

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What is the difference between individual counseling and marriage counseling? There is a big difference, but it might not be apparent right away. You can read about what individual counseling is and what it isn’t here, but let’s take it a step further. Let’s talk about how it differs from marriage counseling.    Focus of…

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