Relationship Issues

Relationships are hard, they require work and inevitably are bound to face their degree of challenges. Daily every day stressors can affect intimate relationships such as differences in opinion about money, kids and family. Major sources of stress may also affect the stability of a couple’s relationship. These are all manageable as long as both participate in resolving the issues and finding solutions. But there are times when these challenges affect the foundation of the relationship because they bring touch upon issues that lie at the core of the couple’s unconscious and conscious fears, needs, wants and desires.

Therapy helps couples gain a better understanding of themselves and their partner. It helps them acquire tools that will help them in the long run. These include different ways to communicate, process information and new ways of understanding your partner. Therapy helps couples become more intimate which helps both their relationship and the relationship with others.

Infidelity

Unfaithfulness in a marriage or a committed relationship can have a profound effect on the individuals involves. One partner’s affair can leave the other one feeling vulnerable, angry, confused, jealous, betrayed and devastated. There are times when infidelity can tear a relationship apart but there are also times that it provides a wake up call for couples and with the help of a therapist it can actually become stronger.

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A therapist can help the couple understand why the affair/s happened in the first place and can help the couple communicate what the other person feels and needs at this point. A therapist will help you access your emotions and shares those in a non-threating manner. Couple therapy will help you have someone to talk to that is non-judgmental and will help you see that healing is possible.

Sex Therapy

There are many fears that couples may have about seeing a sex therapist. Do not worry you will not be asked to perform or say anything that will make you feel uncomfortable. It does not involve nudity or sexual touching. It is simply a branch of the traditional psychotherapy and is a ‘talk therapy’. Sex therapists have extra training than just traditional counselors or therapists and that is often the key to helping couple re-kindle their passion.

Sex therapy allows couples to explore their sexual relationship and help them understand why it has changed. Couples often cannot see the real problems because of hurt, anger, resentment, disappointment, accusations, unmet needs, that has led to fighting and shutting down. Sex therapy will help you understand how to change the patterns that have become so entrenched in a couple and can give you the tools to communicate on a sexual and intimate level that many have never had.

Sex Therapy

There are many fears that couples may have about seeing a sex therapist. Do not worry you will not be asked to perform or say anything that will make you feel uncomfortable. It does not involve nudity or sexual touching. It is simply a branch of the traditional psychotherapy and is a ‘talk therapy’. Sex therapists have extra training than just traditional counselors or therapists and that is often the key to helping couple re-kindle their passion.

Sex therapy allows couples to explore their sexual relationship and help them understand why it has changed. Couples often cannot see the real problems because of hurt, anger, resentment, disappointment, accusations, unmet needs, that has led to fighting and shutting down. Sex therapy will help you understand how to change the patterns that have become so entrenched in a couple and can give you the tools to communicate on a sexual and intimate level that many have never had.

Premarital Counseling

Many studies have shown that people who are in a happy and fulfilling marriage are healthier and have a greater sense of well-being. Unfortunately, the current divorce rate keeps on increasing and currently more than 50% of couples decide to get a divorce. Many problems such as sexual issues, financial strain, infidelity, communication problems, cultural differences, health concerns, domestic violence; lead couples to the decision to end their marriage. These are all important issues that can be addressed in pre-marital counseling and be processed, so if any of those come up, you will know how to address them.

Monika Kreinberg helps you discover techniques and tools that will help you when encountering relationship problems in the future. She will help you learn about healthy communication skills, strategies to reduce conflict, intimacy building, parenting skills. Pre-marital counseling helps you strengthen your bond, and helps you understand your significant other in ways that you may not have known them before.