When Do Couples Usually Seek Counseling?
Couples seek therapy for a variety of reasons. Research shows that on average, it takes a couple six years of struggling in an unhappy relationship before they try getting help with therapy. Some couples use counseling to resolve unwanted conflict or problems with communication. Others want to enhance or rekindle their friendship and connection they once had and seem to have lost. Most couples that are first time parents report a decrease in satisfaction in their relationship and this is often a time when counseling is sought. Couples counseling and therapy can help the above mentioned problems as well as other stresses that people experience in their lives. Gottman Couples Therapy The standard Gottman Method Couples Therapy approach uses a three session assessment process. The first session is called an oral history interview. This is essentially a chronology of your relationship. I then give you questionnaire packets to take home and bring back to the second session. The second sessi
