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Rachael Duda Maitland
Counselor, RYT , APP, LMHC
Verified Verified
Salem, MA 01970
Waitlist for new clients
My focus is to offer a supportive and welcoming space for you to explore your process of healing, and to step into the brilliance of and belonging with all that you are. I offer a compassionate, creative, collaborative, intuitive, trauma-informed, and skill-based approach to the work. My view of holistic is one that considers a systemic lens, as well as the use of integrative modalities that support a mind-body approach for embodied living. I work with individuals navigating life transitions, relationships, fertility, grief, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
My focus is to offer a supportive and welcoming space for you to explore your process of healing, and to step into the brilliance of and belonging with all that you are. I offer a compassionate, creative, collaborative, intuitive, trauma-informed, and skill-based approach to the work. My view of holistic is one that considers a systemic lens, as well as the use of integrative modalities that support a mind-body approach for embodied living. I work with individuals navigating life transitions, relationships, fertility, grief, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
(978) 306-2809 View (978) 306-2809
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Paul J Scoglio
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, DCSW, CPCC, CNET
Verified Verified
Salem, MA 01970  (Online Only)
My style is curious, collaborative and nonjudgmental. Seeing the best in people and respecting client's needs and pace, creates a safe and comfortable space where people feel heard and understood. I listen for what is needed and helpful in the moment, move clients toward stress reduction, and through conflict resolution, life transitions and other relationship issues. I offer tools and homework for healing and change. The tools are aimed at creating: respectful relationships, positive communication, collaboration, improved personal performance, enhancing personal authority and creating a more grounded sense of self in relationships.
My style is curious, collaborative and nonjudgmental. Seeing the best in people and respecting client's needs and pace, creates a safe and comfortable space where people feel heard and understood. I listen for what is needed and helpful in the moment, move clients toward stress reduction, and through conflict resolution, life transitions and other relationship issues. I offer tools and homework for healing and change. The tools are aimed at creating: respectful relationships, positive communication, collaboration, improved personal performance, enhancing personal authority and creating a more grounded sense of self in relationships.
(978) 615-3744 View (978) 615-3744
Marriage Counseling Therapists

How does marriage counseling work?

Marriage counseling works by teaching couples concrete skills to communicate with one another and solve disagreements in healthy ways. A trained mental health professional works with both members of a couple to explore difficulties the couple may be having and helps them develop skills to address these matters. Couples who don’t have any difficulties but want to prepare for marriage may develop skills for the future.

How long does marriage counseling typically last?

Marriage counseling is a short-term form of therapy; the process may last between four and eight sessions. Other forms of relationship guidance from mental health professionals, such as couples therapy, are longer lasting, may focus on the past rather than just the present, and are tailored to the individual couple and their emotions, history, and patterns in the relationship. Couples therapy often lasts for 12 weeks or longer.

Is marriage counseling effective?

Marriage counseling helps many couples develop relationship skills that may not have been acquired or tested in a relationship; partners may be better able to communicate and address conflict following counseling. However, there are many different forms of marriage counseling, and this form of counseling does not have as strong an evidence base as other modalities such as couples therapy.

Is marriage counseling effective if only one partner wants to go?

Yes, marriage counseling can still be effective if one partner convinces the other to engage in the process. Of course, whether counseling is effective depends on the couple’s commitment to work on their relationship; however, the short-term, skills-based nature of marriage counseling makes it a relatively easy “ask” of a partner, and the hesitant individual may see its value once counseling begins.