Marriage/Couples Counseling
When you face difficulties in your marriage or relationship, it can impact all aspects of your life, making everyday responsibilities seem overwhelming. A happy and healthy relationship gives you the courage to deal with life’s challenges productively. Therapy addresses the importance of individual stability to help increase relationship stability.
Counseling at Mustard Seed Tree can assist in the following areas:
- Effective communication and emotional intimacy
- Conflict resolution skills
- Pornography and sexual addictions
- Dealing with financial issues
- Rebuilding trust after emotional or sexual affairs
- Healing from childhood sexual abuse or other traumas
- Anger Management, Anxiety & Depression
- Premarital Counseling
We also work with parents and teenagers to assist them in improving communication, building their relationships, and resolving conflicts.
Why Marriage Counseling?
Falling in love, watching your relationship grow, and getting married can be wonderful experiences, but relationships come with challenges. The long-term aspects of a marriage—raising children, financial stress, long hours at the office, personal struggles—can all take a toll. Marriage counseling can help.
Recent research estimates that over 40% of marriages will end in divorce. Many marriages end because they don’t have the right tools to manage their problems. Marriage counseling allows couples to work through their issues with the help of a trained professional.
Types of Marriage Counseling
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Focuses on harmful behaviors damaging relationships.
- Discernment Counseling: Helps couples decide their next steps.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Helps couples find solutions to specific problems.
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Discusses distressing events to understand emotions and behaviors.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Addresses difficulties with communication and conflict resolution.
Does Marriage Counseling Work?
Marital counseling research is promising, with over 98% of couples finding therapy sessions beneficial. Couples report improvements in emotional and physical health, with many finding therapy effective at any relationship stage.
Who Should Seek Marriage Counseling?
Marriage counseling isn’t just for married couples. It’s beneficial for:
- Straight and LGBT couples
- Engaged couples
- Couples that are dating
- Couples in long-distance or open relationships
- Couples who’ve separated
Marriage counseling is very personalized, with no specific timeline or number of sessions required.
Get Started Today
Strengthen your relationship with the help of an experienced, licensed marriage counselor. Therapy provides a safe space for open communication, mutual understanding, and resolving conflicts.
Ready to improve your relationship?
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Wondering if counseling is right for you? Take the guesswork out with our quick 10-minute consultation—it’s on us! Whether you need advice, a listening ear, or just want to see how we can help, we’re here. Give us a call and let’s start this journey together!
📞 Dial +27 62 184 8866 and let’s chat! Your first step towards feeling better is just a call away
To Book A Session with Mustard Seed Tree click on the Whatsapp button or send an e-mail to marinda@themustardseedtree.com