Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and Individuals

Couples Counseling

Emotionally Focused Therapy to break free of the same old patterns of anger and hurt. Recover from infidelity, communicate better, parent as a team, reconnect in bed, or just have a tune up during a tough time. Learn More…

Individual Therapy

A supportive space to process the tough stuff. Deciding to stay or go, working on your relationship when you partner isn’t ready for Couples Therapy, gaining clarity in the midst of anxiety or depression impacting your relationship. We can help. Learn more…

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Free 30-Minute Consultation to get questions answered and see if we are the right fit for your needs. Learn more…

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: The Most-Effective Approach

All About What We Do: Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy at A Peaceful Life Counseling Services When couples come to their first Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy session, they may bring with them a range of emotions: Fear that therapy won’t help, pain and hurt from arguing and/or great disconnection and a concern that the therapist won’t […]

Couples Counseling Stigma: Slowly Eroding As More Couples Seek Help

Marriage counseling fears – it’s a real thing. The dilemma of the couples counseling stigma is all-too familiar to professionals who work with couples. We’ll sometimes hear: We feel like a failure that it’s come to this — that we need help with our marriage. We didn’t know where to go for help — We […]

Attachment Styles: Unlocking the Keys to Loving Well

Attachment styles have moved into more discussions and writing about relationships over the past few years. And for good reason: Understanding your own and your partner’s style can forge a new bridge to a deeper awareness of your differences. Most importantly, this new awareness opens the door to greater compassion — and then closeness. There’s […]

How Often Should We Come to Couples Counseling?

“How often should we come to couples counseling?” On every initial phone call with a couple interested in couples counseling, I get asked “How often should we come to couples counseling?” I recommend weekly sessions for the first 4-6 weeks, and then re-evaluate after that. That isn’t a requirement, but there are several good reasons […]

Why Relationship Advice Doesn’t Work

Why Relationship Advice Doesn’t Work The danger behind being seduced by relationship advice, tips, and tricks. Don’t you just wish that someone would tell you how to fix relationship problems? How many billions of dollars a year are spent in the self-help section, promising the solution to our most complicated issues? Unfortunately, there are real […]

Loving a Trauma Survivor: Learning to Understand and Heal Together

He can’t understand why his wife goes into a panic when he is late driving home from work. She tells him it’s because, at age 15, her father did not return from a business trip. After many hours of uncertainty, the family learned he had been killed in a car accident. Ricki avoids sharing with […]

We are Fighting About Life After Covid

Fighting about life after Covid and how quickly to get back to normal? You aren’t alone. Times are rough right now. With vaccines rolling out very slowly, many couples are thinking about what post-pandemic life will be like. They want to make travel plans, they are trying to figure out childcare and schooling. Many, many […]

Raised by a Critical Parent? How it Impacts Adult Relationships

In this post we’ll discuss the complex ways in which being raised by a critical parent can impact adult relationships. We’ll also help you with how to communicate important issues while also taking into account your partner’s sensitivities.

Couples’ Arguments: Understanding and Stopping the Cycle

Couples’ arguments often actually have a pattern: The most common is when one of you wants to talk and reach resolution, but your partner shuts down.

Speaking Up in Relationships: Essential for Lasting Connection

Speaking up in relationships feels extremely challenging for many people and is more common than you might think. And, there’s usually — when we drill down to the emotional level — one basic element: Fear. In this post, we’re explaining those fears as well as the “root causes” of why speaking up in relationships […]

Couples and Individual Counseling in Lakewood

Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and Individuals

Couples Counseling

Individual Therapy

Free Consultation

Kat Mindenhall, LCSW

Certified Emotionally Focused Individual and Couples Therapist and Supervisor

Set up a Call or Book a Complimentary Consultation Today

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Helpful Articles: The Process of Counseling

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: The Most-Effective Approach

Couples Counseling Stigma: Slowly Eroding As More Couples Seek Help

Attachment Styles: Unlocking the Keys to Loving Well

How Often Should We Come to Couples Counseling?

Why Relationship Advice Doesn’t Work

Helpful Articles: Couples Topics

Loving a Trauma Survivor: Learning to Understand and Heal Together

We are Fighting About Life After Covid

Raised by a Critical Parent? How it Impacts Adult Relationships

Couples’ Arguments: Understanding and Stopping the Cycle

Speaking Up in Relationships: Essential for Lasting Connection

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Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and Individuals

Couples Counseling

Individual Therapy

Free Consultation

Kat Mindenhall, LCSW

Certified Emotionally Focused Individual and Couples Therapist and Supervisor

Set up a Call or Book a Complimentary Consultation Today

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