Marriage Counseling Therapists in 03841
Kristen L Walker
Counselor, MA, LCMHC, MLADC, LMHC
Verified Verified
Hampstead, NH 03841 (Online Only)
Throughout our lives, we all need someone to listen and help guide us. Life provides us many significant successes and challenges and it is easy to feel overwhelmed. We all need to know, and sometimes to be reminded, that we are all worthy of happiness, respect, compassion and love. It is not always easy navigating relationships and understanding one's self-worth. I support individuals, couples and families explore and navigate through challenges of mental health and substance use. Our personal journeys are our own. Living with mental health and/or substance use challenges takes resilience and courage. I am licensed in NH and MA.
Throughout our lives, we all need someone to listen and help guide us. Life provides us many significant successes and challenges and it is easy to feel overwhelmed. We all need to know, and sometimes to be reminded, that we are all worthy of happiness, respect, compassion and love. It is not always easy navigating relationships and understanding one's self-worth. I support individuals, couples and families explore and navigate through challenges of mental health and substance use. Our personal journeys are our own. Living with mental health and/or substance use challenges takes resilience and courage. I am licensed in NH and MA.
Roclyn Porter
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Hampstead, NH 03841
****I do not currently have any available appointment times for after school or evening hours.** I am accepting new clients for daytime hours time, either in-office or virtual. I specialize in working with school-aged children, tweens and teens. I also have a great deal of experiencing working with emergency responder's and their families, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMTs, 911 dispatchers, and correctional officers.
****I do not currently have any available appointment times for after school or evening hours.** I am accepting new clients for daytime hours time, either in-office or virtual. I specialize in working with school-aged children, tweens and teens. I also have a great deal of experiencing working with emergency responder's and their families, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMTs, 911 dispatchers, and correctional officers.
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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.