Welcome to the Sweitzer Counseling blog. Here you’ll find strategies to navigate the challenges we face as individuals, partners, and parents. Enjoy…and let me know if there’s a topic you would like me to cover in the future.
Couples often come to me for marriage counseling because they find themselves stuck in a pattern of arguing. Every conversation seems to lead to a fight, and it creates stress and an emotional energy drain on both partners. The couple feels trapped and hopeless and...
How would you like a simple, effective strategy to manage intense feelings and defuse an argument with your partner? Read on… 1: Recognize the "Stuck Cycle" As anyone in an intimate relationship knows, argument and conflict can feel really difficult and heavy. In an...
Keeping your relationship alive and healthy is hard. Work, kids, stress….they all put a strain on a relationship. As a couples therapist that serves the Cumming, Alpharetta and Johns Creek communities, I'm always thinking of practical ways I can help couples improve...
Many couples report communication problems as one of the main reasons they come to couples counseling. As renowned family therapist Virginia Satir said, 'Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.' My experience as a therapist and as a client in...
Practicing reflective listening and conveying you are understanding your partner is a crucial skill in de-escalating conflict and resolving arguments. Yet it's also difficult and involves pitfalls that can pull a couple into a negative cycle. One misconception for...
Everyone can benefit from relationship counseling. Couples counseling unfortunately carries a stigma that it's only for couples that are on the brink of divorce. When the relationship is in this place, often one partner has already withdrawn from the relationship....