Examples of the subjects discussed include:
- Marriage Preparation
- Communication Problems
- Financial Problems
- Unmarried Couples
- Couple Conflicts
- Substance Abuse
- Divorced Couples
- SexualProblems
- Abusive Relationships
In couple therapy your therapist will want to meet with both partners together and separately.
Most often couples make the decision to ask for help when there is conflict that doesn't subside, even when they have made a serious effort to change. Most often the conflict is driven by the hurt and anger that partners' feel when their most important dreams for the relationship are being frustrated.
At LFCS we design a treatment plan for each couple, but there are some patterns that we have found to be most effective. A typical treatment plan is summarized below:
First Session:
Partners meet with the therapist together, and describe their concerns, their strengths, and most importantly, the dreams that they have for their relationship.
Second & Third Sessions:
Each partner meets with the therapist separately to describe their perspective on the problems, and their own personal history,including a brief discussion of the family that they grew up in.
Fourth Session:
Using information from the conversations in the first three Sessions, your therapist will formulate a tentative treatment plan. You will review this together in the forth session, and adjustments will be made to include your input.
Subsequent Sessions:
The focus of the subsequent sessions depends on the nature of your problems and on your resources for coping with them. One constant is that the therapist�s participation in the conversations helps to take you deeper into key aspects of your problems and move you further toward possible solutions.
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