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Relationship Counseling: How to Calm an Argument
Relationship Counseling: When the “Soft Start Up” Doesn’t Work In our last post, you learned about a relationship counseling technique for better discussions with your spouse called the “soft start up”. In a nutshell, hard conversations tend to go better when you begin your conversation with compassion and kindness. (Related Article: Relationship Counseling- Avoid Harsh…
Read MoreRelationship Counseling: Avoid Harsh Start-Up
Relationship Counseling: Preventing Conflict at the Source With “Soft Start-Up” In my last post, you learned about a counseling skill that can help you perform “preventative maintenance” on your relationship to prevent future fighting. (Click here to read more). Today, we will talk about another small thing you can try that will help you and…
Read MoreLearn Conflict Prevention Skills in Relationship Counseling
Relationship Counseling: Conflict Prevention Skills Relationship counseling can help you understand how to resolve disagreements with your partner. However, ideally, you will also learn skills that help you to prevent fighting in the first place! Today, you will learn more about what conflict prevention really means in your relationship, and how seeing a therapist for…
Read MoreFamily Counseling: Managing Screen Time
How Family Counseling Can Help You Set Tech Boundaries with Your Kids A common reason families come to family counseling is to find a way to reconnect and communicate effectively. You might be searching for the same. But, in today’s Digital Age, you have probably noticed how creating and maintaining that healthy connection can be…
Read MoreIndividual Counseling for a Faith Crisis
Individual Counseling: The Stages of Faith It may come as no surprise to you that the faith crisis is a common concern for individual counseling clients in Utah. Maybe you are experiencing the same. You might be working to understand how to cope after your spouse chooses to stop attending church. Or maybe you are…
Read MoreRelationship Counseling: Reframing Conflict
Relationship Counseling: A New Way to Look at Conflict One of the biggest topics you will talk about in relationship counseling is conflict with your partner and how you can resolve it. Conflict resolution might seem confusing or difficult to understand. You and your partner have your own perspectives, and you may disagree about where…
Read MoreSocial Anxiety: What to Do
Social Anxiety: Ways to Cope Maybe you have had lifelong social anxiety. Or maybe this is new for you, especially since 2020. Either way, if you are familiar with social anxiety, then you might experience feelings of loneliness when it comes to social opportunities and have a hard time making meaningful connections with others. It’s…
Read MoreRelationship Counseling: Marriage After Kids
Relationship Counseling: How to Stay Close to Your Partner After You Have Kids If you are a new parent, or just a parent in general, you are probably familiar with the juggling act that starts with your spouse after you have kids. You try to find balance between spouse time, parenting time, and family time,…
Read MoreMarriage Counseling Myths: “You Read My Mind!”
Your Spouse Can’t Read Your Mind: How Marriage Counseling Can Help In marriage counseling, you’ll learn how to communicate and express your needs to your partner. And so many of the communication issues you and I will experience in our relationships in life are tied to a common idea. We want to believe that other…
Read MoreFamily Counseling: Family Meeting Tips
Family Counseling: How To Have a Family Meeting In family counseling, you will learn many different communication skills that will improve your relationships with each other. And the things you learn in counseling are important. But, the work you do when you are not at therapy will make the biggest difference in the long run!…
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