Couples

Every relationship goes through rocky times and unresolved conflict can wear on the fiber of the best relationship. Katherine employs Imago™ Relationship Therapy, and the Intentional Dialogue Process to help couples understand each other’s experience of hurt and disappointment and build a renewed sense of connection. Couples can fall into painful patterns of judgment and criticism, setting up repeated reactions of rupture and distance. Prior traumatic and painful adverse life experiences can create unconscious defensive reactions that damage intimate relationships over time.

Katherine helps couples identify their unique set of relational patterns and help them to deeply listen and understand so that together they can create the kind of relationship that builds connection and joy, even in the face of these unpredictable and uncertain times.

With her understanding of human behavior and her belief that couples are capable of bringing each other joy precisely because of their differences, Katherine is specifically equipped with the skills to counsel couples who have repeatedly fallen into destructive patterns that stifle their day-to-day happiness.

She shows you how to help each other heal childhood scars by rediscovering and enjoying the qualities that drew you together in the first place, making it possible to restore closeness, intimacy, and meaningful connection.

Katherine enjoys working with both men and women who might be reluctant to try counseling or a class about relationships and receives feedback that she is easy to talk to, non-judgmental, fair-minded, and actually a little bit silly. Relationships can be fun.

Her “Toolbox for a Joy-Filled Life” class offers 30 weeks of skills-based lessons for individuals and couples seeking to enhance the relationships in their lives. Class openings are on a rolling basis. Call us at 503-705-2194 to inquire about registration or for more information.

 

 

 

Photo credit: By Carloxito (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credit: By Bill Branson (Photographer) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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