Marriage and Couples Center
The Gottman Approach for Marriage and Couples
Our team of five couples counselors uses the Gottman Method of Couples Counseling, an approach built on the most reliable research in relationship health. We focus on marriage and couples in a professional environment of consistent collaboration and ever-evolving skills with weekly case study, supervision, and continuing education. With decades of experience and using the soundest research-based approaches with couples, we help you resolve relationship problems and re-capture intimacy.
Spark a change toward connection, cooperation, and passion that you had early in the relationship.
Benefits of the Gottman Method for Couples Counseling
Rapid And Thorough Assessment
Rapid and thorough assessment allows us to pinpoint where to start and how to proceed. Assessment includes the gold standard tools with decades of research behind them.
Learn What To Do And What to Avoid In Conflict
Learn at the first two sessions how to prevent escalating conflict so the discussion can remain productive. How it goes in the first three minutes is highly predictive of how it ends!
Understand Where to Focus
Understand the difference between solvable and unsolvable conflict. Understand barriers and accelerants to emotional intimacy and fondness. Gain key steps to recover from hurt and betrayal.
Marriage & Couple Center Videos, Articles and Blogs
What Happens in Marriage Counseling?
What To Expect in Couples and Marriage Counseling Family Psychology of South Bend comes from a tradition of clinicians who try to demystify counseling and psychology, thus the straight forward topic of today’s article about marriage counseling. I want to begin with some words from the famous psychiatrist Alfred Adler often quoted by my mentors. He […]
Managing Relationship Conflict
Marriage and couples counselor Trey Duckett discusses managing relationship conflict.
Why does my partner keep shutting down, and what can I do?
Marriage and couples counselor Sara Baxter discusses why our partner might be shutting down, and what we can do about it.
Treatment Structure For Successful Couples
A series of several 55-minute meetings
We typically meet two weeks in a row, then shift to every other week and taper from there as things improve. Sessions commonly span three to four months, and most couples experience quick growth early on – measurable improvement within the first three meetings.
Effective assessment and goal identification
We have a specific assessment structure to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the relationship in all the key areas correlated with relationship health. We clarify what would have to be different in the end for this process to meet or even exceed your hopes and expectations and we discuss how we will get there.
Focused intervention and sustainable change
Throughout our meetings, we track and work on two global areas: productive conflict dialogue and improving emotional connection in various forms. The emotional connection work may include healing old hurts, repairing broken trust, enhancing the quality of sexual connection, and/or efficiently reversing emotional drift that may have occurred over the years. We are always focused on your specific goals.
Request a Session
Please fill out this form if you are interested in receiving counseling services from Family Psychology of South Bend or call the office at 574-280-8199 and our Office Manager would be happy to schedule you.