Relationship and Marriage Counseling in Saint Matthews, KY
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Dr. C. Shawn Oak, Oak & Associates, LLC
Marriage and Family Therapist, PHD, MSSW, LMFT (KY/IN) LSCW (IN), ACS, CLC, CMC
Couples often focus on specific issues such as raising children, dealing with finances, and distributing responsibilities fairly, we also emphasis the broader issue of learning communication skills necessary to resolve conflict yourselves.
19 Years Experience
In-Person Near Saint Matthews, KY
Online in Saint Matthews, KY
Relationships
Jacob Hamlin
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.Ed., LMFT, CST
Relationships can become painful when couples get stuck in repeating patterns: pursue and withdraw, criticize and defend, shut down and explode, long for closeness and then protect against it. My work with couples focuses on understanding the cycle beneath the conflict, improving communication, rebuilding emotional safety, and helping partners speak more honestly about hurt, desire, resentment, trust, and hope. I help couples slow the conversation down enough to hear what is really happening underneath the argument. Whether you are trying to reconnect, make an important decision, or repair years of distance, therapy can offer a more intentional path forward.
16 Years Experience
Online in Saint Matthews, KY (Online Only)
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Cynthia Leslie
Pastoral Counselor/Therapist, MA, CPRS
Marriage is God’s first covenant with man, but it can come with its own set of challenges. Knowing God’s will for marriage can help bring harmony into the relationship. Having a toolbox to use can be invaluable to couples.
7 Years Experience
Online in Saint Matthews, KY (Online Only)
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Beth Janis
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Communication difficulties are often at the center of relational conflict; partners and family members may feel missed, disconnected, unheard, and misunderstood. Couples sessions are geared toward reworking the communication and interaction patterns that may have become ingrained in your partnership or family unit - to assist in rebuilding trust, connection, and cohesion. Learning about ourselves, the ways we show up in our relationships, and our response tendencies can shed important light on these patterns, the relational needs that are unmet within them, and ways to step outside of them. One of the most important first steps in our work together is to begin seeing these overarching patterns as the reasons for pain, rather than treating the pain as being the fault of an individual partner or family member.
8 Years Experience
Online in Saint Matthews, KY
Relationships
Alan Brandis, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Having worked with hundreds of couples over the last 40 years, I have developed a set of beliefs or ideas which, if adopted, help to ensure that a relationship will last. One of the most important is: Arguing helps nothing, so don't do it.
I like to say that I never met the person who started the fight! When two people argue, each of them believes that he or she is merely reacting to something the other one did or said. Neither one believes that they started the fight; but it started somehow, didn't it?
It is better to be close than it is to be “right.”
Blaming each other for the argument is counterproductive. So is trying to change the other person's opinion. Most couples who argue, argue about whose perception is "correct," whose way of doing something is the "right" way, and so on. The only possible outcome of these arguments is that someone will be "right" and someone will be "wrong." Do you know anyone who enjoys being wrong? Most people will fight tooth and nail to avoid being "wrong."
Commitment is the Foundation of the Therapy
Commitment implies that you are in the relationship "come Hell or high water," barring certain behaviors your partner might do such as having an affair (although I have seen a number of relationships recover from those, too). Unless each partner believes that the other one is committed, they will not feel safe to take risks in facing, addressing and working out the real, underlying issues that affect the relationship.
36 Years Experience
Online in Saint Matthews, KY
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Saint Matthews, KY Statistics
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Saint Matthews, KY average 18 years of experience and charge around $213 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (77%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (37%), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (36%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$213
Accept insurance
29%
Offer sliding scale
40%
Gender ID
| 54% |
Female |
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| 43% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 62% |
In Person and Online |
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| 38% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 77% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 37% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 36% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 35% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 34% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 33% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 29% | Integrative Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 62% | Young Adult |
| 54% | Senior |
| 41% | Teen |
| 22% | Children |
Client Focus
| 55% | Women |
| 50% | Men |
| 41% | LGBTQ+ |
| 28% | Military / Veterans |
| 23% | Black / African American |