The family unit and our relationships often play a large role in emotional and mental well-being. Greer & Associates offers a variety of family and couples-counseling services and strives to provide a space for expression and healing for family members of all ages in family counseling. Our counselors utilize a variety of approaches, including Gottman principles, family systems theory, and a variation of education and communication tools.
Couples
Do you feel like your relationship is at a standstill? Are you and your partner stuck in the same argument loop every night? Do you feel like the you and your partner are drifting away? Do you desire more intimacy between you and your partner?
All things can be improved, changed and bettered, with just a little support, no matter how big or small. With couples therapy, you’ll learn how to communicate your feelings and needs, and get what you want out of your relationship.
Some issues that bring couples to therapy are:
- Addiction/Partner Addiction Support
- Balance (Work/Life/Family)
- Blended Families
- Chronic Illness
- Divorce
- Extended Family
- Infidelity/Cheating
- Intimacy
- Mental Illness
- Pre-Marital/Readiness
- Pornography
- Sex
In our couple’s therapy sessions, Greer & Associates is devoted to helping people develop the necessary skills needed to maintain sustaining love.
Marital & Pre-Martial
Are you a newlywed? Did you just get engaged? Are you and your partner looking to take your relationship to the next level?
Pre-marital counseling can help you and your significant other set your marriage up to succeed and survive long-term by helping you develop better communication skills, learn conflict management, uncover your shared core values as well as identify differences that could create future conflict. Working with a therapist, you can discuss expectations with your partner that will help better prepare both of you for marriage.
Getting married is one of life’s most treasured experiences. Pre-marital counseling can help you and your partner turn that momentous occasion into a loving, lasting relationship. For guidance and support to strengthen your future marriage, please contact us today so we can schedule an appointment.
Reconciliations & Divorce
Are you considering divorce or separation? Are you struggling to come to terms with a recent divorce? Has your divorce or separation left you feeling angry or despondent?
Just as marriage is one of life’s most significant experiences, so is divorce. While recovering from divorce can be difficult, it’s not impossible. Divorce recovery therapy can help you cope with the emotional and mental toll that often comes with the end of a marriage.
Working one-on-one with a therapist, you can learn to accept and address feelings of anger, sadness, anxiety, guilt or depression. Your therapist can help you find positive outlets to deal with your emotions and help you process them in a healthy way so that you can work to move forward in your life.
If you’re going through a divorce, you don’t have to go through it alone. A licensed therapist can help you heal and create the life you want to live. Give our office a call today and let’s set up an appointment to talk.
Co-Parenting & Conflict Management
Are you a parent of teenagers, struggling to maintain peace in your home? Do you and your partner have arguments that never seem to get resolved? Are your kids struggling to adjust from a divorce?
Conflict resolution therapy can teach you how to cope in challenging situations by helping you focus on finding solutions as you navigate a conflict. In any type of relationship, be it personal or professional, conflict is bound to happen. Even though conflict is a normal, healthy part of any relationship, trying to deal with it when it comes up can feel anything but healthy or normal. Since disagreements are an expected part of life, learning to handle them in a positive and meaningful way is crucial.
Conflict resolution therapy will help you see conflict as an opportunity to develop your character and improve your relationships. You’ll learn to successfully manage stress, control emotions, and focus on resolving the issue at hand.
If you’re having difficulties in the workplace or at home and need support, conflict resolution therapy can teach you conflict resolution skills so you can handle any situation. Contact our office today to schedule an appointment.
Navigating Blended Families
Our family affects who we are and who we become, both for the better and for worse. We learn our vocabulary, our habits, our customs and rituals, and how to view and observe the world around us.
Anyone seeking healthier, closer family relationships can benefit from family therapy through addressing family issues and healing a family’s wounds. Family therapy can be beneficial on many different levels.
Some positive family therapy outcomes are:
- Strategies to develop and maintain boundaries
- Fostered sense of cohesion and communication among family members
- Promotes problem solving through understanding of family patterns and dynamics
- Builds empathy and understanding.
- Reduces family conflict
If you’re interested in learning about how we can help pull your family back together, contact us today so we can schedule an appointment.