How Does Couples Therapy For One Work?
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC.Have You Ever Wondered Whether You Can Go To Couples Counseling Alone? Our last post about What to Do if Your Partner Won’t go to Couples...
View ArticleYour Free Therapy Consultation: 5 Ways to Prepare
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC.If you are preparing to have a free therapy consultation, congrats on taking the first step to changing things! There are 5 important...
View ArticleCounseling for Anxiety and Relationship Issues Actually Changes Your Brain
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC.Did you know that counseling for anxiety and relationship issues (as well as a host of other things) can re-wire your brain? Many people...
View ArticleNo Couple is Alone – Marriage Equality and the Fight for Healthy Relationships
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC.As I sit here in my office, I’m thinking about all of the couples that we provide counseling to. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Straight. The one...
View ArticleEmpty Nest and a Full Marriage
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC.By Kristy Vergo With all of the recent high school and college graduations happening around me recently, I can’t help but ponder the...
View ArticleHelp for the Blended Family: Moving From Chaos to Thriving Connection
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Your Blended Family Means Everything This marriage is another chance for love for both of you — yet your blended family has quickly...
View ArticleLoving an Addict: Supporting Recovery, Rebuilding Connection
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Loving an addict often sounds like this: “If you truly loved me, you’d quit!” “If you don’t stop, I’m done.” “When you use — after...
View ArticleHoliday Stress: 6 Keys for Reducing Couples Tension and Distress
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. While we love many parts of the season, many people find the holidays can have challenges. Holiday stress for couples can leave both...
View ArticleHow Couples Tame Resentments After the Holidays
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. After-Holiday Resentments for Couples: A Holiday Hangover Cure After-holiday resentments for couples can take different forms and can...
View ArticleDealing with Anxiety After an Affair: When Will it Get Better?
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Anxiety After an Affair: Very Common and Very Challenging Anxiety after an affair is a major obstacle for couples to work though, and,...
View ArticleRecovering from an Emotional Affair
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. If your relationship is impacted by an Emotional Affair there are things you need to know Lately, we’re hearing the term emotional affair...
View ArticleCommunicating About Sex: 5 Keys to Increased Closeness
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Communicating about Sex is the main Pathway to more Satisfying Intimacy Communicating about sex – actually talking about what is going...
View ArticleJealousy Ruins Relationships: Escape the Trap
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. “My partner’s jealousy and suspicious questions are overwhelming. I get constant texts when I’m just out with friends or a few minutes...
View ArticleRelationship Goals: New Year’s Resolutions for Couples
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Relationship Goals Can Feel Difficult #RelationshipGoals: Everyone wants them. Some think that it’s about how your house looks or how...
View ArticleAffair Recovery: Yes, There Is Hope
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. What You Need to Know About the Stages of Affair Recovery Affair recovery is one of the most challenging events in a couple’s life. We...
View ArticleCouple Fights – Understand the Hidden Roots of the Pattern
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Getting to the Bottom of Why Couples Fight Couple Fights are one of the main reasons that couples seek marriage or couples counseling at...
View ArticleEmotions in Relationships: Learn to Deeply Understand Each Other
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. We All Want to Feel Understood Last week, we explored the negative cycle at the root of couple fights. Now we will look at the emotions...
View ArticleEmotional Communication for Couples: Getting to What Truly Matters
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Emotional Communication for Couples can be Both Challenging and Perplexing So we’ve learned about why emotions in relationships matter,...
View ArticleShame in Relationships: Powerful Forces Can Undermine Connection
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Shame in relationships often lies hidden, beneath the awareness of each partner. Yet, shame can have a powerful impact on each partner...
View ArticleHealing Shame as a Couple: A New Path to a Stronger Bond
Kat Mindenhall, LCSW - A Peaceful Life Counseling Services LLC. Healing shame as a couple offers an opportunity to draw each other closer, to bring a new level of empathy and compassion to a marriage...
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