Relationships progress through varying stages. A relationship is a dynamic process that is affected not only by the two personalities and histories of each half of the couple but also influenced by external events and challenges that most people face such as death, parenting issues, finances, issues of intimacy, extended family conflict and many other potential stressors.
Couples counseling is an opportunity for a couple to explore the many facets of both external and internal influence on the state of the relationship. The therapist acts not as a referee or a judge but as a facilitator in the process of examining and fostering a shift in the patterns many couples fall into. In couples work, therapists may provide exercises and homework between sessioins for the couple to reinforce what they are learning about one another and a new way of relating in their therapy sessions.
At Marietta Counseling, couples therapy is about working toward harmony regardless of where a couple is in the relationship. There is always the goal of engendering hope for a more harmonious way of relating as the couple re-define the nature and future of their relationship. | 
