Couples Counseling Round Rock & Austin Texas
Do You Feel Stuck in Negative Patterns in Your Relationship Or Marriage?
We specialize in marriages, couples, premarital, infidelity, sexual issues, and ADHD therapy in Round Rock Texas.
Connection is at the heart of what we are created for. We all long for a meaningful place of comfort and security. When this is lost there is nothing more confusing and painful.
At Hope Counseling Center, we are dedicated to helping you feel closer, argue less, and love more. You have probably tried to improve communication and repair your relationship, but it is hard to fix things when you are stuck in the middle of that negative cycle.
Counseling Specialties Include:
Couples Counseling
Constantly fighting with your partner? Recovering from infidelity? Want to be more intimate in bed? Our couples counselors specialize in helping you heal and strengthen your connection with the person you care about most.
Infidelity Couples Therapy
Has your relationship been devastated by infidelity or other betrayal of trust? Do you feel unsafe and insecure in your relationship. I specialize in relationship injury healing with a focus on recovery from relational betrayal
Sex Therapy
A sex therapist is specially trained and educated to address sexual problems, beyond the average therapist. In addition, they are trained in general therapy as well, so they can help you in many aspects of your life.
Counselor Articles
In securely attached relationships, partners depend on each other to cope with emotional distress and to meet his/her needs. This person is the one we depend on the most to be there for us.
In Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, it is the negative dance or cycle that causes partners to be pulled apart rather than connect. The first of these "Demon Dialogues" is called, "Find the Bad Guy." In this negative pattern, both partners blame, accuse, and attack the other as a means to protect self.
As the cycle takes over, naming it can help them stop and pay closer attention to the escalation that is occurring between them. Homework for the couple can include composing a drawing that describes the pattern of escalation that happens in their specific cycle.
In the beginning of the relationship, partners feel loved, accepted, and admired. They are adding to their “love bucket” until it overflows and they are happiest when together.
In relationship conflicts or distress, Withdrawers seek ways to avoid conflict but leaves their partner feeling unwanted and devalued.
EFT prefers the idea of “effective dependency,” which means partners can turn to each other for emotional support as a source of strength rather than weakness.
The real issue is emotional disconnection.Couples are often caught in the same fight over and over but the content of the fight has changed.
In Dr. Gottman’s research, he has a similar description of communication styles that can predict the end of a relationship: criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling.
Couples often cite effective communication strategies as central to a lasting relationship. And while healthy communication can go a long way in keeping your relationship humming along.
Have you ever considered how to determine how good or healthy your marriage is? How do people know if their marriage is healthy or not?