Couples, Marriage & Family Counseling
When You Need Local Marriage and Family Counseling, We’re Here – and We Care.
People were made for relationships, but it’s no secret that relationships aren’t always easy – especially family ones. Poor communication, trust issues, infidelity, intimacy issues, and much more test our commitments to one another. At Light Counseling, we offer you the opportunity to learn skills and knowledge that your family can use to foster mutual, expressed love and healthy communication.
In our safe and confidential counseling settings, you and your family members can explore your individual backgrounds, beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors that may impact your relationship. Understanding these dynamics can help improve relationships and promote empathy. One of our counselors can help your family address any immediate and pressing problems. We can also help your family develop strategies for protecting and enhancing long-term health and happiness.
As a Christian counseling practice, we incorporate biblical principles with sound, time-tested psychological principles to offer you a clinically excellent and distinctly Christian family counseling experience. Our counselors are more than just excellent listeners – they’re caring, experienced professionals interested in helping you. With traditional office locations and online care available, we are committed to getting you the help you need – no matter where you are.
What is Marriage and Family Counseling?
People were made for relationships, but it’s no secret that relationships aren’t always easy – especially family ones. Poor communication, trust issues, infidelity, intimacy issues, and much more test our commitments to one another. At Light Counseling, we offer you the opportunity to learn skills and knowledge that your family can use to foster mutual, expressed love and healthy communication.
In our safe and confidential counseling settings, you and your family members can explore your individual backgrounds, beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors that may impact your relationship. Understanding these dynamics can help improve relationships and promote empathy. One of our counselors can help your family address any immediate and pressing problems. We can also help your family develop strategies for protecting and enhancing long-term health and happiness.
As a Christian counseling practice, we incorporate biblical principles with sound, time-tested psychological principles to offer you a clinically excellent and distinctly Christian family counseling experience. Our counselors are more than just excellent listeners – they’re caring, experienced professionals interested in helping you. With traditional office locations and online care available, we are committed to getting you the help you need – no matter where you are.
How Can Marriage and Family Therapy Help?
Marriage and family counseling can be helpful for clients in several ways. It provides a safe and non-judgmental space where couples and families can work through their issues and concerns with the help of a trained professional. The therapist can help you identify and understand the root causes of problems and develop effective strategies to resolve them.
Additionally, marriage and family counseling can help improve communication, build stronger relationships, and improve overall family functioning. Marriage and family counseling can help clients navigate the complex dynamics of their relationships and work towards creating healthy, happy households.
Here are just a few of the possible challenges that our marriage and family counseling team can help with:
Divorce and Separation
If you and your significant other have experienced or are currently in a time of separation, our team of counselors can help. Whether you’re separated permanently or attempting reconciliation, our experienced team of caring counselors can help you process and deal with the emotions that accompany separation and divorce.
Financial Difficulties
Money problems are common among married couples, but how your household spends money is usually a symptom of an underlying set of behaviors and issues. At Light, your counselor will help you and your significant other discover the root issues. Your counselor will also help you develop communication and conflict-resolution skills, break bad habits, and teach you and yours how to steward money in a way that is responsible and pleasing to you both and God.
Infidelity
Infidelity is devastating and tragic, but there is hope for couples committed to moving past an affair. At Light Counseling, we offer infidelity counseling services to couples grappling with the damaged trust that comes with unfaithfulness. Light Counseling’s team of compassionate and experienced therapists can help you and your family move past an affair toward healing.
Intimacy
Therapy at Light Counseling is a helpful way for you and your partner to overcome intimacy issues hindering your marriage. Sometimes, commitments other than the one made to a spouse can drive a marriage wedge. Children, work, hobbies, community activities, and marriage all compete for our attention – and being torn between such responsibilities can at times impact the level of closeness in marriage. Our therapists have experience helping couples restore passion in their relationships, and they can help you and your spouse too.
Pregnancy and Parenting
Parenting in such a fast-paced and constantly changing world can be stressful – not to mention expensive and exhausting. But at the same time, raising children is also richly rewarding. Pregnancy also presents unique challenges – for the father, mother, and other children. At Light Counseling, we know you want the best for your children, and we do too. We can help you find answers to questions that come with parenting and pregnancy.
Frequently Asked Questions About Marriage Counseling at Light
What is the difference between marriage and family therapy and counseling?
Generally speaking, marriage therapy and marriage counseling have come to mean and refer to the same thing. Whether you see someone who considers themselves a marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, or a professional counselor, you can expect to receive help from a licensed professional trained to assist you.
It’s worth noting that some states make distinctions between therapists and counselors. Light Counseling currently offers in-person counseling services in Virginia and New York and online telehealth counseling in 10 states. Please get in touch with your state board for more information on how your state defines and regulates mental health services.
Does marriage counseling work?
Research suggests that marriage and family therapy is highly effective for most seeking it. According to the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, about 90% of people who received treatment experienced an emotional-health improvement. *
When you do marriage and family counseling, you don’t just help your counselor pay their bills – you invest in your relationship’s health, success, and trajectory. With a high success rate and the expertise of our team, we’re confident you’ll find couples therapy worthwhile.
*https://www.aamft.org/About_AAMFT/About_Marriage_and_Family_Therapists.aspx#:~:text=Research%20studies%20repeatedly%20demonstrate%20the,emotional%20disorders%20and%20health%20problems.
Does insurance cover marriage counseling?
Yes! At Light Counseling, we work with various insurance companies and policies, including Medicaid. Call today for more information.
Light Counseling Services
Telehealth
Individual Counseling
Couple & Family Counseling
Group Counseling
Psychological Testing
At Light Counseling, our team is here to help you overcome life’s challenges with evidence-based practices and a distinctly Christian approach. We offer mental health services primarily to clients in the state of Virginia; however, some of our clinicians are licensed in other states and may provide online telehealth services for clients living in those states. Additionally, all of our services are covered by most private insurance companies and Medicaid.
The first step to start the counseling journey with us is by submitting an Intake Form. This form allows our team to collect key information about you and your needs so our team may match you with the clinician who will best meet your needs and preferences. All services are provided by appointment only.