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Ellyn Hunter, MA,
LMFT
Marriage Counseling and Couples Counseling
Relationships often face
challenges and require compromises. Juggling the demands of work,
friends and family life, while still maintaining both individuality and
couple identity, can seem overwhelming. Same-sex (lesbian or gay)
relationships can present unique challenges, but many of the issues are the
same. In counseling sessions, the focus is on maintaining and
strengthening partner commitment while negotiating the difficulties of
family structure.
Since many issues can enter
into marital or couple relationships, counseling sessions are individually
tailored to meet the needs of the couple. Issues may include:
· Creating "couple time" to
renew and strengthen relationship bonds
· Rebuilding rather than rehashing old
wounds
· Learning the principles of
"fair fighting" when disagreements occur
· Creating partnership equality within
a couple's unique circumstances
· Dealing with multicultural
challenges
· Healing from an affair and learning
to rebuild trust
· Changing verbal and non-verbal
communication
· Strengthening the multi-faceted
couple relationship
· Recognizing and accepting partner
quirks.
If you are dealing with issues of anger in your relationship and are
interested in anger management therapy with a couples focus, please visit
the Anger Management page.
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For an appointment or
consultation, call
(608) 219-9561
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Ellyn
Hunter, ma, lmft, lpc
2858 University Ave. #203
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 219-9561
ellynhunter@charter.net
Clinical
Fellow, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (aamft.org)
Wisconsin
Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (relationshiphelp.org)
Images courtesy of Audrey Wilson
Jamaica Plain and Cape Cod, MA
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