Many relationships simply need tools for healthy communication and skills for managing stress in healthy ways. Counseling can teach couples these needed tools and skills. Counseling can also help to resolve crises that have occurred and impacted the relationship, help couples deal with adjustments or transitions that have occurred, and resolve habitual arguing or dysfunctional dynamics that exist within the relationship. Counseling can help heal painful wounds in the relationship as a result of lies, infidelity, unfaithfulness or betrayal. Often times couples have become disconnected whether due to increased work demands, children, or just years together and need help finding their way back to connectedness and closeness. Counseling can assist in the process of reconnection. Counseling can also benefit each individual as well in many positive ways: decreased stress, tension, anxiety, worry and depression. When difficulties in the relationship decrease, often the individuals experience significant relief as well! Counseling can also help to uncover negative, destructive patterns in your relationship and point you in a more positive direction. This helps the relational foundation become stronger and more able to weather the storms of life.