Barbara Pherribo Counseling

RELATIONSHIPS

IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP

  • Create an emotionally safe environment where you and your partner feel mutual support and investment
  • Build positive capital in your relationship
  • Inject playfulness and a sense of humor into your life together
  • Learn attentive listening skills and how to communicate more respectfully
  • Establish boundaries for “fair fighting”
  • Enhance sense of trust and appreciation
  • Learn how to get your needs met
  • Develop a more meaningful connection with your partner
  • Strengthen partnership and renew commitment

DISSATISFACTION with YOUR RELATIONSHIP

  • Evaluate relationship strengths and areas that need improvement
  • Process and work through past hurts and disappointments
  • Assess your, and your partner's commitment to work on the relationship
  • Enhance self-awareness and identify areas where change is needed
  • Eliminate blame, shame and criticism from relationship
  • Rebuild trust and connection
  • Work through ambivalence to get “unstuck” and to make decisions regarding relationship

SEPARATION, DIVORCE or ENDING of a LOVE RELATIONSHIP

  • Receive support as we work together to face your fears and feelings of aloneness
  • Process and work through feelings of rejection, hurt and loss
  • Work through grief and anger issues
  • Enhance self-awareness and insight
  • Create a loving, nurturing relationship with yourself
  • Maintain civil relationship and learn to co-parent with your ex
  • Navigate the divorce recovery process and begin to heal, regain confidence
  • Develop greater independence and begin rebuilding

FAMILY THERAPY and PARENTING of TEENS

  • Develop attentive listening skills and open, respectful communication
  • Learn effective parenting strategies for tweens and teens
  • Eliminate blame, shame and criticism
  • Work through unresolved issues and resentments
  • Re-establish roles, responsibilities and boundaries
  • Rebuild trust and connection
  • Strengthen and improve family relationships
  • Develop family activities for spending time together and having fun