Transforming Troubled Relationships, Making Good Relationships Extraordinary
There is nothing more important than the quality of your relationship. When your relationship is solid, when you are loving and feeling loved and secure, you have a base from which you can grow and expand in other areas of your life. Marriage counseling is designed for couples who are in distress or for couples who want to expand their ability to communicate and connect with one another.
The whole foundation of successful marriage counseling is predicated on one fundamental assumption: A loving relationship that works grows out of the ability of both partners communicating authentically with one another. Authentic sharing is acknowledging your honest self — your thoughts and feelings in the moment from a place of personal responsibility. Authentic listening is being present to your partner’s thoughts and feelings without defense or the need to change, fix, or advise. You will be developing your capacity to accept yourself as you are and accept your partner as he or she is. This may appear paradoxical to the reason you are seeking help, which may be to “change” yourself or your partner, but you will discover that true change does not occur by force or manipulation but rather is a natural outcome of your capacity to accept “what is” both in yourself and in your partner.
