Family Psychology of South Bend works with distressed individuals, hurting couples, and struggling families to help them put their lives and relationships back on track. We specialize in individual counseling for anxiety and depression, marriage and couples counseling, sex therapy, family counseling and child counseling.
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Couples and Marriage Counseling
You will feel the original love affair that started the marriage. You can reclaim family harmony by making conflict productive again. Soon, you will be able to trust your judgment and feel safe in your relationship.
Using the soundest, research-based approaches, we help you resolve relationship problems and recapture intimacy.
Two of the families I referred have since sought marital counseling and both report feeling that it was a turning point in their relationships.
Every person we’ve worked with has been kind, thoughtful, professional, helpful, knowledgable, and deeply caring. I hate to think what our family life would be like right now if it weren’t for John, Sharon, and their amazing team.
Featured Couples Articles
What Happens in Marriage Counseling?
What To Expect in Couples and Marriage Counseling Family Psychology of South Bend comes from...
Why Did the Affair Happen?
Infidelity creates waves of disorientation in a marriage. The betrayed spouse may describe the aftermath as an earthquake that shakes them to their core, tears them down, and leaves them with a surge of emotions. Being flooded with these emotions creates confusion and a struggle even to begin processing the event.
How Relational Health Correlates with Happiness
Changing just one thing to be happier sounds too good to be true. Dr. Robert Waldinger completed an interview to share the findings from his substantial research on happiness.
Talking about Sex in Your Marriage
No one reads this advice with complete shock. People have read this recommendation in books, been told by a friend, or heard this advice from their therapist.
Children and Family Therapy
You can reclaim family harmony and a fulfilling childhood for your son or daughter. We promise to give your child expert guidance in a common-sense approach, without “psychobabble” or empty promises of clinical fads.
Disrespectful Child
The article below was first written by Dr. Petersen for GoodTherapy.org and is published by them...
Morning Hassles With Your Preschooler
Sick and tired of getting started on the wrong foot with the children in the morning? Tired of herding the children...
Hidden Hazard of Parenting Chronically Ill Children
If your child has a chronic and/or life-threatening illness, you’ve been forced into an awkward and harsh world of...
We recently completed a parenting class with Dr. John Petersen and Sharon Bain. Their care for people and families is evident in everything that they do and we learned so much from them about how to be more supportive parents.
Individual Counseling
You’ve shown strength and good judgment to get you to this point. We trust you are poised for growth. The only thing that holds you back is some aspect of growth not yet discovered. Every personality brings blind spots, strengths, and weaknesses.
Our clients grow by leaning on their innate strength as they stretch into areas of new skill and emotional discovery.
Depression and Anxiety Therapy
Depression and anxiety can leave you feeling stuck. The dark thoughts can feel hopeless, robbing you of dreams and wasting away years. The distress you are feeling is keeping you from living the life you want.
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