Couples Counseling To Improve Your Communication & Connection

Is your marriage in crisis? Relationships require skills that most people are never taught. Learn how you can break your negative cycles and create positive change in your relationship by connecting with each other, reflecting on your personal patterns, and effectively redirecting your partner.

Repair And Strengthen Your Marriage

Committed relationships are hard work and many couples are caught in negative cycles of poor communication and interactions. We can teach you how to prioritize, validate, and reconnect with each other so that together you can break your negative cycles and create positive change.

Couples Communication

Break the negative cycles of communication and interaction by learning the skills to reconnect and find peace in your house.

Sexless Marriage

Couples of all ages can lose their spark or desire. Sexual satisfaction is extremely important for marital success and affair prevention.

Affair Recovery

Affairs can feel like the end of the marriage and leave someone questioning what they did wrong or blaming their partner. There are ways to survive and prevent affairs by working on your relationship.

Premarital Counseling

Do you want your happily ever after? Premarital and newlywed couples are rarely taught how to maintain a fulfilling and vibrant marriage. Learn the skills you need to truly honor your vows.

Marriage Requires Skills

I’m often asked why the divorce rate is so high. My answer is that people are rarely taught relationship skills. Imagine if construction workers were not taught how to properly build houses. How many homes would fall or collapse? I educate every couple on the three pillars of relationship success: connect, reflect, and redirect.

Connect

Increase your love, like, and lust for each other while considering how your daily interactions can help create a deeper sense of connection and validation.

Reflect

Consider how your own emotional intelligence and overall health impact your marriage. Taking responsibility for your actions and making positive contributions to your relationship has profound results.

Redirect

Learning how to co-regulate with each other creates a deeper sense of connection even during difficult times. This connection also helps guide you both towards a shared vision of your life together.

Couples Therapy Options

Every couples has the choice of an intensive counseling format, or traditional shorter psychotherapy sessions. There are many benefits to working intensively and efficiently on a Couples Retreat instead of stretching out the treatment over weeks and months. However, we understand that not every couple is ready to move that quickly, so couples should consider which option is a better fit for their goals.

Intensive Couples Therapy Retreats

If you are ready to work intensively on your marriage and get faster results, learn more about how an intensive couples therapy retreat is a better fit for your marital goals.

Dr. David Helfand, PsyD

Couples Counseling Expert

Dr H is an expert at quickly discovering why people are stuck in their negative cycles and then identifying the best methods to help them break free. He has a strong background in neuroscience, health psychology, marriage therapy, meditation, and yoga.

The Neuroscience of Marriage

You will become better at whatever you practice. If you tend to argue, that will increase. If you often feel loved, that will increase. Therefore, part of our job is to help every couple consciously put their marriage in a positive state as much as possible…

Researchers have repeatedly found that happy relationships require a ratio of 5:1 positive to negative interactions. This means for every negative experience together, you need 5 positive ones to then feel good about your partner. Our goal is to help you surpass this ratio so that you thrive as a couple.

Additionally, we want to teach you how to turn negative emotions into a positive connection. Brain scans of couples in love and disagreement shows us that these states are very similar neurologically. Therefore, discord in a relationship is actually an opportunity to connect if you know how to appropriately redirect that energy and emotion.

Frequently Asked Questions

I want every one of my clients to experience a peaceful and fulfilling life without the need for ongoing professional support. I want you to become independent, successful, and understand how to increase your own resiliency using scientifically proven techniques that correct the root cause of your issues. I have dedicated years of my training to learn and refine these skills so I can teach them to you.

Because Retreats are offered on a limited schedule there is a strict cancellation policy. A non-refundable deposit of 50% is due upon booking. You can transfer your deposit one time in specific cases. The final payment is due 1 week before your retreat and is non-refundable and non-transferable for any reason including inclement weather and family emergencies.

The full policy is available in the “Client Informed Consent” document.

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If you are motivated and ready to make positive changes in your life, we are ready to help you. Contact us today to explore working together.