Dr. Natalie Jones PsyD, LPCC
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor | Claimed

Sometimes when we are in relationships, each partner has different ideas about love. Despite all the efforts made to be together as a couple and a family, things change. One day you wake up and you don't recognize the person you married or yourself for that matter. There are times when it doesn't even feel good or safe to go home. The relationship has become exhausting, and you have difficulty being in the room with your partner. Stonewalling and verbal arguments have become your primary method of communicating with each other. You hate to admit it, but the relationship has turned toxic, and the two of you just aren't good for each other anymore. You constantly wonder, how can I change this? Do I want to end my marriage? Who did I marry? Where did we go wrong? Your mind is stuck in limbo as you research the internet for options to better understand how you should move forward (e.g. therapy, separation, divorce, etc.).

Counseling can help. It can be a support system and your voice of reason. It can help you to understand, why you don't smile anymore, and help you learn how to feel good again and learn to smile again.