Three Tips To Strengthen Your Relationship
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Falling in love is the easy part. The more difficult part of a relationship is the staying in love for the rest of your life.
We have created this marriage blog to give you hope that your marriage relationship can be saved with the commitment to work on it. Even if your spouse doesn’t want to work on the marriage, you can still work on yourself to become a healthier person and more loving spouse.
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Three Ways to Strengthen Marriage Dr. John Gottman has been studying couples for the last four decades to understand why some relationships are like ticking time bombs that result in divorce or chronic unhappiness, while others work well, are satisfying, and remain stable over a lifetime. Social scientists do not have a good track record […]
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Saturday, May 7th, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
“Don’t you trust me?” “How can I trust him/her?” Trust is foundational for all relationships, but especially for our marriages. Trust is not so easy to cultivate and, once broken, can be excruciatingly difficult to repair. Some people come by it naturally. They find it easy to trust others, maybe because they saw good examples […]
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Monday, May 2nd, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Relationship Counselors Article in NY Times By TARA PARKER-POPE AUGUST 25, 2014, reports couples who are decisive in entering their marriage relationship have better and longer lasting marriages than those who just casually decide to get married after years of living together or deciding it is the next step. Do you have a decisive marriage? […]
By Steve Marks, MA, NCC, LPC on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Here are 7 ways a wife injures her husband, without even knowing it. By Ron Edmonson 1. Put him down in front of other people – Most men will not counter this type of humiliation in public…if ever. They will simply take it…and hurt. If they do eventually address it it will be out of […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Monday, January 19th, 2015 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Do you have trouble saying “No” when you really mean it? People who are assertive are generally self-confident, out going, and they know what they want out of life. They also go after what they want with energy and the attitude that they are going to get it. They are usually winners in many aspects […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Five Love Languages Our Denver Marriage Counselors will often use the following Five Love Languages for helping clients strengthen their relationship:
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Friday, October 17th, 2014 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Couples need to be purposeful and action oriented to insure they grow in intimacy. Here are some questions each partner can ask themselves regarding their pursuit of intimacy in the relationship.
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Friday, October 10th, 2014 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Relationship Intimacy Inventory Here are some practical questions and issues that might help couples get started in understanding intimacy. Couple’s practical dimensions of Intimacy Was I willing to initiate interactions w/my spouse? Was I emotionally present with my spouse? Did I follow through with tasks – do what I said I was going to do? […]
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Friday, August 22nd, 2014 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
The marriage counselors at Front Range Counseling Center use many different tools to help couples develop intimacy in their relationship. Here are some practical lessons that are given in marital sessions:
By Kevin Leapley, MA, LPC, CSAT on Saturday, August 9th, 2014 in Marriage Counseling. No Comments
Boundaries for Avoiding Internal Listening & Talking Boundary Violations: Don’t imply by word or deed that another person is worthless. That is called shaming another person. Don’t yell or scream at another person. Don’t ridicule another person. Don’t lie. Don’t break a commitment for any reason. Don’t attempt to control or manipulate another person. Don’t […]