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Bettering communication, conflict resolution, coping with stress, coping with mental illness, affairs, infidelity and betrayal, increasing intimacy and connection, bettering sex life, building and strengthening relationships, coping with life transitions including marriage, preparing for a baby, loss of a loved one, and so many others.
Marriage counseling, Discernment counseling, pre-marital counseling, pregnancy and transitioning into parenting, blended families, workplace and/or stress parenting and co-parenting, life stress, family conflict and resolution.
While each therapist has their own, unique and individual style of therapy, we all incorporate an emotionally-focused, strengths-based, pragmatic and practical approach with couples to get to the heart of what’s going on and uncover some of the deeper issues that could be preventing you and your partner from moving forward. Sometimes this means working in the present, talking about what’s happening currently that’s causing some issues for you. Sometimes this can also mean spending a little time in the past, trying to gain closure over past hurts or pains that are blocking the way for a healthy, happy relationship. Our couples therapists have completed various levels of Gottman Clinical Training – a highly intensive multi-phased approach to couples counseling – and will often implement assessment and tools based on the principles and approach of the Gottman Therapy Method.
We usually see couples together, for the entire 53-55 minute session, but will sometimes work one-on-one with a partner if we all feel that would be beneficial to the therapeutic progression of couples counseling.
If you or your spouse are considering divorce but are not completely sure that’s the best path, you are in a tough spot. And Discernment Counseling is designed for you. It’s a chance to slowdown, take a breath, and look at your options for your marriage.
Discernment Counseling is a new way of helping couples where one person is “leaning out” of the relationship—and not sure that regular marriage counseling would help--and the other is "leaning in”—that is, interested in rebuilding the marriage.
The counselor will help you decide whether to try to restore your marriage to health, move toward divorce, or take a time out and decide later. The goal is for you to gain clarity and confidence about a direction, based on a deeper understanding of your relationship and its possibilities for the future.
The goal is not to solve your marital problems but to see if they are solvable. You will each be treated with compassion and respect no matter how you are feeling about your marriage at the moment. No bad guys and good guys.
You will come in as a couple but the most important work occurs in the one-to-one conversations with the counselor. Why? Because you are starting out in different places.
The counselor respects your reasons for divorce while trying to open up the possibility of restoring the marriage to health.
The counselor emphasizes the importance of each of you seeing your own contributions to the problems and the possible solutions. This will be useful in future relationships even if this one ends.
Number of Sessions: A maximum of 5 counseling sessions. The first session is usually 2 hours and the subsequent are 1.5 or 2 hours.
Discernment Counseling is NOT suited for these situations:
For a complimentary 30 minute consultation to see if Discernment Counseling is a fit for you, please email/call our intake staff at info@growwellnessgroup.com for a time to meet with Wynne Lacey, LCPC.
The Cost for Discernment Counseling is $175/session. Discernment Counseling is not covered by insurance companies at this time.
