Benefits of Marital/Couples Counseling

Benefits to Couples/Marital Counseling

Website: Lexington Counseling and Psychiatry

Website link: marriage-counseling-therapy

Are you wondering if couple/marital counseling is something you and your partner could benefit from? Have you questioned when is the right time to bring in professional help? Here are some things to consider with what we know is beneficial for this type of counseling treatment. 

This type of counseling treatment can help each member of the relationship be able to have a secure space with a trained professional to navigate finding a deeper understanding of their significant other so that they can better understand the differences in thoughts and philosophies which can separate them or cause conflict. Other benefits include learning tools and strategies in sessions to better communicate and effectively work through these differences together outside sessions - for how big or small. 

Research has shown in the United States 40-50% of marriages end in divorce. It also has shown the average couple waits up to six years before seeking out professional help and only 31% of couples seek out pre-marital relationship education programs prior to marriage. 

The Gottman Method is a therapeutic approach to better support couples that are struggling with frequent conflict and disconnection, as well as struggling with implementing healthy communication skills or specific problems, such as financial, sexual issues, parenting, and infidelity. 

The Gottman Method developed ‘The Sound Relationship House Theory’, which includes 9 components: building love maps, sharing fondness and admiration, turning towards instead of away, the positive perspective, managing conflict, making dreams come true, creating shared meaning, trust, and commitment. 

If you and your partner feel like you would benefit from couples/marital counseling, 

Call us at 859.338.0466 or  Contact US  to schedule an appointment with one of our Mental Health Professionals. Our current offices are located in Lexington, Frankfort, and Richmond, KY. At the Offices of Paul Dalton - Lexington Counseling and Psychiatry, we have been trusted mental health professionals in Central Kentucky for over 22 years! 

Supporting articles: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037577/

https://www.gottman.com/blog/is-it-time-to-go-to-couples-counseling/

https://www.gottman.com/about/the-gottman-method/