Welcome.

Stacey Chernin, M.A., Psy.D., LMFT 

 

Couples often go through times in their relationships that are not all the best that life can bring.  However, it is in these uncertain times that an individual in the relationship begins to wonder if the relationship can make it through thick and thin without falling apart entirely.

 

Whether it be because of outside influences or just conflicts of interest in the relationship due to neglect, stress, substance abuse, lack of communication, infidelity, children, and other causes that can affect a relationship severely it is important that you know that sometimes when you feel as if you have lost all hope-that there is help out there.

 

Couples counseling  or therapy is associated with a stigma- However couples counseling has done wonders to salvage millions of relationships that would otherwise be passed up to ‘foolish pride’ and the ignorance to acknowledge the numerous benefits of undergoing couples counseling and therapy to help improve the relationship in many facets.

 

It is true that every relationship is unique, and so are the circumstances surrounding the two very different participants in the relationship. Sometimes when life takes us aback, we need outside assistance in regaining our perspectives, looking at things in a light which can help us through the darkness. This is what couples therapy and couples counseling accomplishes.

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