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My specialty is working with couples in intimate relationships who feel their relationship is in distress. I can help when you're not talking, not communicating, not connecting anymore. I can help if you and your partner are constantly fighting, or if you're living like roommates. I can help if there has been an affair, that has been ended, and now you both want to find a way to get past it.
I have a passion for this work and have the specific training and experience required to help you and your partner find connection and understanding again. Couples Counseling is what I knew I wanted to do when I left a corporate position 10 years ago to go back to school in mid-life.
I have a passion for this work and have the specific training and experience required to help you and your partner find connection and understanding again. Couples Counseling is what I knew I wanted to do when I left a corporate position 10 years ago to go back to school in mid-life.
Services
Services
From my office in Clearwater Florida I serve the surrounding areas of Dunedin, Palm Harbor, Tarpon Springs, Oldsmar and Safety Harbor. I can also see clients near downtown St. Petersburg on a limited basis. I cannot accept insurance but if you qualify for financial distress through Open Path Collective, I will accept you at a rate that meets your ability to pay.
Meet Richard
My first wife and I went to couples counseling for nearly a year and half, our marriage eventually failed. That failure lingered inside of me for some time and I often wondered if things could have been different if we would have found the right couples counselor. For years after that experience my curiosity about what made marriages work grew stronger.
Couples Counseling
Using Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT); I will work to help my couple become aware of their negative cycle and the unmet attachment needs that feed the problematic behaviors that block connection. As your therapist I will be taking an active role in this process while remaining impartial between partners, my focus is on your interactions and the process, not on the particulars of who did what.
Premarital Counseling
I'll work with you using the proven concepts of John Gottman (7 Principles for Making Marriage Work). Gottman has defined the behaviors that allow for a successful marriage versus those that generally lead to a failure. We will also talk about some of the difficult questions that often do not get addressed before relationships get serious enough for marriage or cohabitation.
Discernment Counseling
Discernment Counseling is a specialized therapy for couples currently in a relationship who feel differently about their dedication to the survival of that relationship, also called "Mixed Agenda" couples. One partner is "leaning out" of the relationship while the other partner is "leaning in", or highly motivated to save it.
Individual Counseling
Primarily using Solution Focused and Cognitive-Behavioral techniques; I will partner with my client to help you discover the inner strengths and abilities needed to put your life back on a more productive track. I am also a big believer in Mindfulness Meditation to help calm and focus the brain.
Today's culture has trained us to expect almost constant stimulation; for some of us that can lead to an overactive mind that is living almost exclusively in the past or the future.Learning how to live in the present can ease anxiety and depression and generally helps us to have a more positive outlook about ourselves and others.
Today's culture has trained us to expect almost constant stimulation; for some of us that can lead to an overactive mind that is living almost exclusively in the past or the future.Learning how to live in the present can ease anxiety and depression and generally helps us to have a more positive outlook about ourselves and others.
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