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Service Spotlight: Renew Marital Excitement

 July, 2012

My Services
 
Pre-Marital Counseling
 
Certified Prepare/Enrich Program Facilitator
 
 
Marital Counseling
 
Infidelity Issues
 
Self-Esteem Support
 
Communication
 Skills
 
Problem-Solving Support
 
Renew Marital Excitement
 
Family counseling
 
Step-Parenting 

 
Divorce Support
 
Collaborative Law Communications Facilitator
 
Redefining Life Purpose
 
Grief/Loss Support
 
Co-Parenting
 
  
My 
Qualifications

Masters Degree - Applied Psychology from Seton Hall University

 

Post-Masters Degree-Marriage and Family Therapy from Seton Hall University

 

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

 

Private Practice 

since 2008

 

NJ work experience totaling 5 years

 

Married 23 years

 

Mother of 2 teenage daughters 

 

Lived in Indiana, 

New Jersey and Texas

 

Passionate about 

what I do

 

Greetings! 

 

There are many stages of marriage and each has its challenges.  Keeping your marriage new and fresh helps you both to grow, learn and move in the same direction, not opposite directions. It takes constant communication about your needs and desires to accomplish this.

 

All too often I see couples who have given 100% focus to raising their children only to find out 18 years later that they no longer have anything else in common with their spouse.  Balancing the many roles of wife/husband/parent/friend/sibling/co-worker, etc. takes a lot of work and if you are struggling to do this, counseling can help you get back on track before someone decides to look elsewhere for comfort.

 

Sincerely,    

Maryellen Dabal, MA, LMFT

Southlake Counseling & Neurofeedback Center

420 North Carroll Ave Suite 140

Southlake, TX 76092

817-876-9958  

maryellen@dabalmft.com

 

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Service Spotlight: Renew Marital Excitement

 

Any long-term relationship has its ups and downs and its good and bad times.  Paying attention to what happens during those good times and talking about them can help to keep the excitement growing and changing in a marriage.  Learn what you do well together.  Explore what excites you about your spouse.  Periodically discuss your needs and have they changed from one year ago?  They probably have. Discuss your fantasies with each other.  Help some of those fantasies to come true as long as both parties agree.

 

Being a parent we are generally taught to put our children first.  Of course they are very important in our lives but parents also need time alone to continue being spouses.  After all, you did make that decision to spend the rest of your lives together; maintaining that relationship is one of the best gifts you can give your children.  You have the opportunity to model what a healthy relationship looks like.  To do that, you need to work on renewing the excitement you first had at the beginning of the relationship as well as learning about who each other is now. Setting some boundaries with your kids can allow that to happen.

 

If you have a desire to make your marriage better than it is now or want to learn some simple things you can do to maintain that excitement, call me to set up an appointment and I look forward to helping you grow and change together.

 

Stay well......

Feedback
I welcome feedback regarding the newsletter or questions about my practice.  I can be reached at maryellen@dabalmft.com.  I cannot, however, give advice through email. For more information on my practice please visit my website: www.dabalmft.com

I wish you well...