While we don’t provide couples counseling, we do help our clients with relationship conflicts to help them understand and develop skills in this area. Every relationship has conflicts. In some relationships, conflict is a serious problem; in others, differences seem to be resolved without creating a major incident.

Most people have been feeling increased levels of stress especially the past few years and with it, it can feel emotionally & mentally difficult. With the strategies we’ll be talking about, they may help to ease these feelings.

Even though we solely provide individual counseling, relationship conflicts often come up because every relationship has a conflict at some point or another.In some relationships, conflict is a serious problem; in others, differences seem to be resolved without creating a major incident.Think about the kinds of conflicts that happen in your daily life. These are typical:

Although we focus solely on individual counseling, very often people come to us because their relationships may be a source of stress.How would it be to get along even better with others in your personal relationships and in the workplace? Getting along well with people sounds kind of general, so let’s break it down into some manageable and specific skills. By building the following skills, you may get along better with others:

Ineffective communication skills are something we see quite often in counseling.

Not only does ineffective communication harm relationships, it can erode self-esteem. Such communication patterns may actually be destructive, but, sadly, many people fall into the trap of using them. If you and your relationship partners follow these rules and steer clear of the traps of destructive communication, you will almost certainly feel better about not only each other and your relationship but yourself as well.

Listening skills are the building blocks of effective communication. These skills enable you to demonstrate that you are interested in what the other person has to say, as well as hearing and understanding the other person. Four key listening skills are open-ended questions, summary statements, reflective statements, and neutral questions and phrases. They are easy to learn with a little practice.