Discover how professional marriage counseling can help you navigate relationship crisis, improve communication, and find the right path forward—whether that's reconnection or healthy separation.
Around half of all marriages end in divorce, and it's no surprise, with all the challenges that a marriage has to survive. Changes in your life, your partner's life, or even pre-existing incompatibilities may cause you and your partner to struggle to stay together, and to honor the love that originally brought you together.
Dr. Geoff Nugent and the team of licensed therapists and counseling experts at Nugent Family Counseling Center offer unbiased, non-judgmental marriage counseling to help with relationships in crisis.
Available at our locations in:
San Jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Reno, NV
Whether the right answer for you and your spouse is reconciliation or healthy separation, working with an expert counselor protects both of your emotional well-being and personal needs.
Marriage involves give and take, from both partners, every day. Many factors can throw your marriage under more strain than you and your partner can manage.
Mental health issues
Recent life changes
Health changes
Career changes
You know your marriage isn't working right when:
You or your partner are always apologizing
Often feel resentful
You find yourself starting to feel emotions of contempt toward your partner
It can be difficult to handle negative conflict cycles on your own.
While your frustrations are certainly normal, and may well be justified, you may need the support of a professional to successfully communicate with your partner about your needs, boundaries, and emotions.
If you have children or other dependents, emotions around marital issues can run especially high, creating a need for careful and effective communication.
When you think of counseling in the context of relationship problems, you probably think of one type of treatment, couples' counseling. But, that's not the only form of support that can be beneficial for individuals dealing with marital or relationship problems.
Gives you and your partner a mediated space to work through issues in your relationship, determining if common ground remains and, if so, finding a path back to reconnection.
Effective communication strategies
Practice healthy communication to start new patterns together
The stress of marriage or relationship problems, and the questions of personal identity and values that are often a part of marriage troubles, mean that individual counseling or therapy is also a good fit for this type of situation.
Combined Approach: You or your partner may opt to use individual therapy in combination with couples' counseling, as well.
Couples' counseling at Nugent Family Counseling Center uses multiple types of therapeutic tools and approaches to give you the maximum benefit.
Your provider assesses your situation, and guides your sessions toward the right type of treatment for your unique marital issues.
Focus on emotional connection and attachment
Change underlying mindsets that lead to conflict
Explore the causes of your relationship problems through storytelling
Incorporate faith and spiritual values into your healing journey
Advanced approach if this modality might be helpful
Your provider can suggest neurofeedback if appropriate for your situation
With the right support, your marriage troubles don't have to ruin your life, or that of your partner.
Working with a member of the team at Nugent Family Counseling Center means that you can find the right path forward for you and your loved ones.
Take the first step toward healing your relationship with compassionate, unbiased support
Whether you're hoping to reconnect with your spouse or need support navigating a healthy separation, our unbiased, compassionate marriage counseling provides the guidance you need. We offer multiple therapeutic approaches including emotionally-focused therapy, CBT, narrative therapy, spiritual counseling, and neurofeedback—tailored to your unique situation and goals.