• Believing that marriage counseling can’t help your “deep problems”
• Having the same fight over and over with no real resolution
• Not trusting your significant other
• Not feeling appreciated, heard, or valued
• Even the tiniest things spark an argument
• You don’t argue anymore. You are like “ships passing in the night”
• You’ve stopped having sex because you are so hurt and angry
• You feel stuck. You ask yourself, “Should I stay or go?”
• Nothing you do seems to help your relationship feel safe, loving, and secure

If you answered YES to any of the above questions then, marriage counseling in Louisville, KY can help. Relationships can be difficult to navigate, especially when you don’t have the tools to cope. Your relationship doesn’t have to stay this way. You don’t have to struggle alone. A trained marriage counselor can help.  

The Gottman Method for Marriage Counseling

Using a foundation of the Gottman Method couples therapy (a scientifically-based proven approach for strengthening and saving relationships), We can help you learn how to manage these conflicts, generate understanding and respect, keep disagreements calm, rebuild trust, and increase your closeness.

“A dirty little secret in the therapy field is that marriage counseling may be the hardest form of therapy, and most therapists are not good at it.” – Dr. William Doherty

Only a small minority of therapists that conduct marriage counseling have received any education or training in working with couples.  The therapy we use for couples counseling is based on the research of John Gottman, Ph.D., who studied over 3,000 couples for 40+ years and demonstrated not only what made relationships fail but also what made for long-lasting and happy relationships.  The Gottman Method is evidence-based and unravels the mystery of how relationships work so couples can relate differently with each other to build a loving, strong, and lasting marriage.  Many couples therapists simply teach basic communication skills or problem-solving techniques.  The Gottman Method for marriage counseling is different.  It can help rescue you from an impending divorce.

Our Couples Counselors are trained in The Gottman Method

What we love about the Gottman Method is that the skills being taught are easy to apply and understand. We will begin by giving you a comprehensive assessment.  The assessment of your core problems and other personal characteristics acts as a map for our work together and helps determine which interventions would be most helpful for your marriage/relationship.

Using Gottman’s marriage counseling techniques helps couples to practice new ways of communicating.  It is a clear and reliable way to learn how to fight fair, resolve long-standing conflicts, and focus on reconnecting with fun, intimacy, and all the great stuff that brought you together.

As specialists in marriage counseling, we use a direct approach that challenges you to work towards your best self to improve your marriage or romantic relationship. You will learn the knowledge and skills in session and then, you will bring them home to sustain long-lasting improvements in your marriage.

The overwhelming majority of couples who enter Gottman Therapy (and stick with it) find significant improvements. Even more exciting is that with this type of counseling, couples continue to improve long after finishing therapy.  Why?  Because it doesn’t only target your “problems” – it targets your patterns. Ultimately, you end up tackling old and new problems in a more improved and effective manner.