MARRIAGE COUNSELING

Congratulations on taking this bold step to get help for your marriage.  Research shows that the average couple experiencing problems waits six years before ever seeking marriage counseling.  I am proud of you for wanting to fight for your marriage.  Why settle for a miserable marriage or divorce.  There is another alternative:  a supremely happy marriage!!  So whether it fighting all the time, communication, arguing over children, living two separate lives, an affair, or losing that "lovin" feeling, my strong conviction is that you have the power within you to dramatically turn your marriage into a passionate, best friend relationship.  It will not be easy, but it is so worth it!

There are no accidents.  You fell in love for a reason.  Why throw your life into divorce where there is loneliness, emotional problems, and huge money problems?  Like one client said after five marriages, "there ain't no perfect partners and the grass ain't greener on the other side of the fence."  I am ridiculously confident that your marriage can turn around and be a 'fairy tale' marriage.  Why do I say that?  I have seen countless marriages turn from disaster and despair to peace and passion.  I refuse to believe that a marriage is hopeless.  Whatever hope you do not have I will supply the rest.  This is no absolute guarantee, but the extremely high percentage of marriages that are now booming with success gives me the undaunting courage that your marriage can be one of these.

When you come in for your first appointment, I will see your spouse first, then you, and then we will do an exercise for your marriage designed to begin moving your marriage forward.  No arguing in my office is allowed.  You can do that at home.  I will not take sides, but simply help each of you to become your best in the marriage.

If your spouse refuses to come, that is okay.  Your example of getting help plus all of the powerful strategies that we devise together will begin to improve your marriage.  Unlike my earlier years of counseling, I now believe one spouse can singlehandedly turn around a marriage.  I have seen it happen many times.

My approach is a combination of Divorce Busting therapy which Michele Weiner Davis made famous (I renamed it to Results Marriage Counseling because I get so many wonderful and powerful results with this approach) and Imago Relationship therapy made famous by Harville Hendrix.  I believe that the combination of the two approaches is dynamite.

CALL 256-766-5707 TODAY TO BEGIN THE EXCITING ADVENTURE OF MARRIAGE COUNSELING.  A FAMILY MATTER FIRST will help you put your family and marriage first.

ARE YOU REALLY STRUGGLING?

Are you really struggling in your marriage?  Has something died in your heart?  Do you feel like throwing in the towel?  Are you "burned out" in your marriage?  Tired of insults?  Feel like you are losing ground?  Facing difficult times in your marriage?  Very sad?  Deeply afraid?  Fet up with the lies?  Hard pressed on every side?  Perplexed beyond words?  In prison to your marital problems?

I can almost hear you crying.  Your hurt is important to me. 

My hat is off to you for reading this page when you feel such deep distress.  Don't despair.  You are not defeated.  There is a winning marriage formula. 

I am asking you to have the courage to call out for hope and help.  Just believe a little bit that there is healing for your marriage.  Don't shut out the blessing.  There is a safe place for your marriage to heal.  Call me at 256-766-5707 and I will give you some preliminary steps to help you get started on the road to marital happiness.

Kent R. Brand, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, PIP

Healer of Marriages

Marriage Counselor

Psychotherapist for Marriages

IS YOUR MARRIAGE COMPLEX AND FRUSTRATING?

When I cannot solve a problem by myself, I need an expert who knows how to solve complex automobile, computer, health or household issues. 

I believe the same principle is true when you cannot solve marriage problems on your own.  You need an expert, someone who sees communication, infidelity, anger, sexual, conflict and deep marriage issues every day.  You need someone who cares, listens, has solutions and will help you come up with a successful plan of action.  

It seems like we hear of more and more divorces every day.  Why is this happening?  Will I become another statistic?  Does professional marriage counseling really work?

The joy of my life is to take your complex marriage situations and watch marriage counseling begin to transform weakness into strength and panic into peace.  My confidence is in you and the great successes God has blessed me with as a marriage counselor.  I specialize in complex and frustrating marriages.  My goal is to simplify the steps to success in your marriage.  I anticipate great victories in your marriage.  My expectation is that you will be so excited about your marriage in the future that you will be telling your story to many others that need help.

Kent R. Brand, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, PIP

Marriage Counselor

Friend to Husband and Wife

Is your marriage a nightmare?

Does your dream marriage seem far away or too complex or impossible?  Have your dreams been smashed?  Is your marriage a nightmare?  Are the obstacles seemingly impossible?  Do the problems and mistakes of the past make you feel hopeless?  Is your marriage taunting you with failure thoughts?  Does divorce seem imminent?  Do the weaknesses of your marriage seem too overwhelming?  You have come to the right place.  I give you a simple, special and stunning invitation.  Start marriage counseling with a marriage counselor who also wants to be your friend and mentor.  Let me help you dream again.  I will give you the tools to help your marriage to grow to a "fairy tale" marriage.   The dream maker number for quality, professional and personal marriage counseling is 256-766-5707.  I welcome your phone call.  Your name is important to me.

What does your dream marriage look like?

MARRIAGE COUNSELING

Results Marriage Counseling/Divorce Busting Therapy

This approach "provides a road map for finding your way back to a loving marriage"--John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Oprah features this approach frequently.

48 HOURS, The Today Show, and CBS This Morning have also highlighted Divorce Buster.

"If you loved me, you would know what I think, feel, and you would give it to me.  Since you don't, you obviously don't care."--Marriage Counseling Couple #1

"If you loved me, you would talk to me.  You don't.  You don't love me."--Marriage Counseling Couple #2

"If you loved me, you would not try to change me."--Marriage Counseling Couple #3

"If you loved me, you would agree with me.  You don't.  You don't love me."--Marriage Counseling Couple #4

"I feel unappreciated."--Marriage Counseling Couple #5

"If I tell you how I feel, you will be angry.  You will attack me or withhold from me.  I am afraid of your anger and your distance.  I can't tell you.  I live a lie."--Marriage Counseling Couple #6

If you were what you should be, I would be happy, successful, popular, attractive, virile, potent, sexy.  I'm not.  It's your fault."--Marriage Counseling Couple #7

"If you are distant from me, you don't love me.  Therefore, why should I love you?"--Marriage Counseling Couple #8

"If you criticize me, I feel inadequate.  If you compliment me, you are placating or controlling me, by saying only what you think I want to hear."--Marriage Counseling Couple # 9

"If I tell you how I feel, you are angry.  If I don't tell you how I feel, you are angry."--Marriage Counseling Couple #10

If your marriage is struggling in negativity and you are losing hope, you have come to the right place.

After thirty years in Social Work while serving hundreds of families, I came to the conviction that I did not want to feel "stabbed in the stomach" each time I heard of a divorce.  Because of the devastation that divorce causes children and parents, I diligently searched to find a method to make a transforming difference in marriages that might otherwise end in divorce.  My approach of marriage counseling is based on the solution based Divorce Busting Therapy of Michele Weiner Davis (www.divorcebusting.com).  Michele is the author of the book, "The Divorce Remedy" and has been the recipient of the outstanding achievement award of the American Association of Marital and Family Therapists.

Ms. Weiner-Davis is strongly anti-divorce and does all she can to prevent divorces in her therapy and workshops.  The divorce of her parents when she was a child had a devastating impact on her.  However, good came from the bad because this motivated her to develop Divorce Busting Marriage Therapy.

Michele makes marriage counseling very practical by helping couples to break down goals into smaller steps.  Looking at solutions rather than problems is a refreshing aspect of her approach.

If you spouse refuses counseling, Michele has shown me that amazing things can still happen in your marriage because you are not powerless.  You are not helpless.  This does not mean that you are the problem in your marriage.  It simply means that you have the strength and courage to work on the marriage with the assistance of your "Results Marriage Counselor."

Pay close attention to the "results" from several couples who have been diligent in seeking "Results Marriage Counseling."

"Just a few weeks ago I was ready to walk away from my marriage.  My husband's attitude stunk..................I am so happy about my marriage turning for the better that I just want to burst."--Marriage Counseling Couple #11

"It wasn't very long ago that I was concerned about the lack of passion from my wife...I asked my wife to marry me again of the same day as I did seven years ago.  She said "yes."  It was only words because we never got to the divorce.  But we both need to recommit.  Wow!  This is better than the most wonderful dream I could ever imagine."--Marriage Counseling Couple # 12

"We had an argument that led to my husband leaving home....After Results Marriage Counseling, we continue to overcome obstacles.  I've changed, he's changed, and our marriage has changed."--Marriage Counseling Couple #13

"My wife asked me to leave about three months ago....I was a mess...Slowly things started to change."--Marriage Counseling Couple #14

"My husband was ready to divorce because he was 'not in love' anymore....after counseling, I now see a bright future ahead."--Marriage Counseling Couple #15

"I want to thank you for saving my marriage.  I am the happiest woman in the world now."--Marriage Counseling Couple #16

Marriage?  Marriage.  Marriage!  Terrible Marriage?  Mediocre Marriage.  Awesome Marriage!  Counseling?  Counseling.  Counseling!  Terrible Counseling?  Mediocre Counseling.  Awesome Counseling!  Believe that awesome therapy will lead to an awesome marriage!!

EXPECT THE IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!

Call 256-766-5707 now to reserve your first appointment with the only "Results Marriage Counselor" in Alabama.

A FAMILY MATTER FIRST

Kent R. Brand, MSW, LCSW, PIP

256-766-5707

kentroybrand@aol.com

CALL US TODAY, AND LET US HELP YOUR MARRAGE!

256-766-5707

A FAMILY MATTER FIRST

IMAGO MARRIAGE THERAPY

Oprah states that her introduction to Imago Relationship Therapy was on of her most "unforgettable" moments on her show:  "My big light bulb moment on relationship came the first time I talked to marriage therapist, Harville Hendrex.  He introduced me to his Imago Marriage Theory--in essence, he says it's not a coincidence that you've attracted your marriage partner; that person is there to help you to do the work of recovering from old wounds...That show changed me.  I saw relationships not solely as the kind of romantic pursuit our society celebrates but as a spiritual partnership that's meant to change how you see yourself and the world."

My first introduction to Imago Marriage Therapy was by a therapist who shared how Imago radically changed her own marriage from being dull, stale, and boring to feeling a new excitement and adventure of love each day.  Imago Marriage Therapy is a practical, remarkable, healing road map to intimacy and friendship in marriage.  Since its inception in 1988 Imago Marriage Therapy has helped thousands of couples attain a more loving, supportive and deeply satisfying marriage.

My personal experience with Imago Marriage Therapy is that it is incredibly powerful in changing marriages when all other therapies have failed.  It is particularly dynamic when there has been an affair or there are deep-seated tragedies from childhood.  The effectiveness of Imago Marriage Therapy is very exciting to me.  Couples overflow with gratitude in receiving back their marriages from the dead!!!

Marriage.  Marriage?  Marriage!  Terrible Marriage.  Mediocre Marriage?  Awesome Marriage!  Therapy.  Therapy?  Therapy!  Terrible Therapy.  Mediocre Therapy?  Awesome Therapy!  Believe that awesome therapy will lead to an awesome marriage!!!

To begin the Imago Marriage journey, call 256-766-5707 today to reserve your first appointment with the only Imago Marriage Therapist in the Shoals area.

CALL US TODAY, AND LET US HELP YOUR MARRIAGE! 

256-766-5707

A FAMILY MATTER FIRST

OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES STRIVE TO PERMEATE THE PRACTICE WITH SKILL AND INTEGRITY.  Our goal is your highest respect.  We pledge to honor you for the "greatness" within you.  We have happy hearts and cheerful smiles.  Our conviction is that your sorrow will be turned to dancing!!!!!!!!!  A FAMILY MATTER FIRST has high expectations!!  We believe that amazing things can and will happen for you.

HELPING COUPLES RESTORE CONNECTION

Imago is effective as a way to create stronger marriages because it helps us become more aware of the way that we are all deeply interconnected.  It offers insights into the unconscious agenda we bring to our marriages.  With this information, we can begin to co-operate with this hidden agenda.  As a result, we can choose to grow together in a creative, non-controlling, and healing way that creates understanding and connection.

While couples present with a diversity of problems, underneath them all is a rupture in their connection that mirrors the rupture they experienced in childhood with their caretakers.  When the therapist helps couples restore connection in their relationship, they simultaniously heal the memory of childhood rupture by developing new patterns in the brain.  Our marriage counseling will introduce a therapeutic game-plan that sustainably heals connectional rupture.

Imago Marriage Counseling offers the opportunity for you to excel in your marriage.  Really good couples therapy is rare.  So go for the best of the best.  Trust your instincts that you need expert help for your marriage.  BELIEVE!  Call A FAMILY MATTER FIRST today (256-766-5707).

Hungry for a fresh touch?

Hungry for a fresh touch in your marriage?  Looking for extraordinary results?  Need a miracle?

Determine to do whatever it takes to save your marriage.  Come to counseling with an eager learner's spirit.  Forget about all that you think you know about marriage.  Determine to trust a professional marriage counselor.  Bank on your marriage counselor's excellent track record.  Set your mind on giving a super effort to the solution homework that your marriage counselor gives you.  Just watch and see what happens.  I believe you will be amazed.

Kent R. Brand, MSW, LCSW, PIP

Marriage Counselor

Psychotherapist

A FAMILY MATTER FIRST

WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE!

Are you tired of the same old argument?  Do you have it memorized?  Do you long for a best friend relationship with your spouse?  Do you feel distant?  Would you be delighted to have a conversation with your spouse where you both truly listen to each other? 

Communication skills can be learned.  You can even learn how to heal old hurts and find a special intimacy with your spouse.  

FIND THE COURAGE NOW TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL 256-766-5707 FOR THAT SPECIAL COMMUNICATION BOOST YOU NEED IN YOUR MARRIAGE.  A legend is waiting to be reborn in your marriage at A FAMILY MATTER FIRST.

TWO SHIPS IN THE NIGHT?

Are you lonely?  Do you barely see your spouse these days?  Do you feel "last place" in your spouse's life?  Have you lost that "lovin feeling"?  Are there major barriers in your marriage to spending quality time together?  Do you long for intimate friendship?

Don't drift on the open sea any longer.  Look to the lighthouse.  Chart a course.  Call 256-766-5707 to get a vision for a deep and meaningful marriage.  Take your marriage to extraordinary places.  Find a singular experience at A FAMILY MATTER FIRST.

We aren't compatible!!!!

Do you feel so incompatible with your spouse?  Do you often say to yourself, "We are so different....we can't get along"?  Do you long to feel fully alive in marriage?

There is a reason you married your spouse.  Discover the unconscious reason that you were attracted to begin with. 

If you want to find ways to overcome the incompatiblity, please call me at A FAMILY MATTER FIRST and get started on a new life today (256-766-5707).  It is more than a dream.  Give your marriage every chance of letting your dreams come true.

Kent R. Brand

A FAMILY MATTER FIRST

256-766-5707

I have tried everything!!!!!!!

Does your it seem like you have tried everything to make your marriage work and it is still a disaster?

"It's impossible" seems to reberverate through your mind every day.  You feel hopeless.  Divorce is the only option.  You are frustrated and depressed over your dream marriage ending up with constant strife and unhappiness.

May I challenge your thoughts?  You have not tried everything--there are many more things to try--it just seems like you have tried everything.  You do not have to be miserable in your marriage.  There is another option besides divorce.  Why not try to find answers and new solutions in marriage counseling?  What do you have to lose?  You owe it to yourself, spouse and your child(ren) to try something different.  Don't go down cheeseless tunnels.  Don't live your life in regret.  Find some answers today.  Call 256-766-5707 before you lose this priceless thought.  A FAMILY MATTER FIRST wants to wants to give you a distinctive marriage with incredibly special moments of love that permeate your whole life.

Find the keys to passionate sex!!!!!

Do you want passionate sex in your marriage?  Have you uncovered the secrets of sexual intimacy in marriage.  Is a great sex life worth striving for?  What is your sexual IQ?  Are you in a rut?  Need some creativity and variety?

Many couples in marriage counseling see a dramatic increase in a fulfilling sex life as their marriage finds new gifts of love.

Don't settle for no sex or boring sex!!!  Call 256-766-5707 to learn vital keys to passionate sex!

MARRIAGE RESOURCES

The Divorce Remedy by Michele Weiner Davis  (http://www.divorcebusting.com)

Keeping Love Alive CD set by Michele Weiner Davis

The Sex-Starved Marriage by Michele Weiner Davis

Divorce Busting by Michele Weiner Davis

Getting Through to the Man You Love by Michele Weiner Davis

Change Your Life and Everyone In It by Michele Weiner Davis

In Search of Solutions by Michele Weiner Davis with Bill O'Hanlon

The Marriage Breakthrough DVD Seminar by Michele Weiner Davis

Getting the Love you Want by Harville Hendrix (http://www.oprah.com)

NOT "Just Friends" by Shirley Glass and Jean Staeheli

Hot Monogamy and The Truth about Love by Pat Love

Private Lies and Grow Up by Frank Pittman

After the Affair and How Can I Forgive You? by Janis Abrahms Spring

Fighting for Your Marriage and 12 Hours to a Great Marriage by Howard Markman

Men are from Mars and Women from Venus by Dr. John Gray

Men are from Mars and Women from Venus in the Bedroom by Dr. John Gray

Mars and Venus in Love by Dr. John Gray

Light Her Fire by Ellen Kriedman

Light His Fire by Ellen Kriedman

A Biblical Portrait of Marriage by Dr. Bruce H. Wilkinson

Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Dr. John Gottman

If He Only Knew by Gary Smalley

Intimate Issues by Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus

Lies at the Altar by Dr. Robin Smith

Every Man's Battle by Arturburn

Every Heart Restored by Arturburn

When My Parents Forgot How to be Friends by Jennifer Moore Mahlinos

Reptiles in Love by Don Ferguson

Solomon on Sex by Joseph C. Dillow

Rekindling Romance by Dennis and Barbara Rainey

1001 Ways to Be Romantic by Gregory Godek

His Needs/Her Needs by William Harley

Romantic Lovers by David and Carol Hocking

Courtship and Marriage by Zig Ziglar

How to Talk so Your Mate will Listen and Listen so Your Mate will Talk by Nancy L Van Pelt

Communication:  Key to your Marriage by H. Norman Wright

Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Friends and Lovers by Sam and Geri Lang

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love by Dr. Richard Carlson

Love Dare by Alex and Stephen Kendrick

Take Back your Marriage by William J. Doherty

These resources are wonderful blessings to marriage.  In my humble opinion, I believe the greatest resource for a troubled marriage is a true friend, a trusted counselor, an inspiring coach, a skilled psychotherapist.  It is more important that a sports team having a great coach or a school having a renown teacher.  To tap into the great resource of a skilled marriage counselor call 256-766-5707 today so you can find strength for your journey of love.  A FAMILY MATTER FIRST believes in the resourcefulness of teamwork with your therapist and your spouse.

MARRIAGE DELIGHTS???

Tired of the same old scraps of arguing and no sex in your marriage?  Hungry for a true marriage dessert of deep communication and a sex life beyond your dreams? 

Learn proven ways to make your marriage sparkle with delights!  Find out what an exciting marriage tastes like!!!  Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to enjoy a true marriage gormet dessert.  Call 256-766-5707 to find out how to make your marriage super delicious.  The taste of a great marriage will astound you.

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Is your marriage boring?  Are you in a rut?  Is your sex life almost dead?  Do you long for adventure, beauty and wildness in your marriage?  Find out how to have sizzling sex, deep communication, a best friend relationship, a fairy tale romance.  Discover how to help your marriage get better and better.  Call 256-766-5707 to take the first step toward a supremely happy marriage.

WHAT MAKES SEX MEMORABLE?

Are you struggling with sexual problems in your marriage?  Do you and your spouse have different sex drives?   Does your sex life seem dead?  Do you long for an awesome sex life with your spouse?  Have either of your been wounded by past traumatic experiences?  Are you willing to try new approaches?

Find new life with sex therapy!  Call today to find out how to heal up the old hurts and find comprehensive skills that will increase the quality and quantity of your sex life.  Don't settle for a marriage with a weak or non-existent sex life.  Is premature ejaculation or other performance problems in your marriage?  Have you heard of polarity sex?  Find the gentle and practical approach by calling 256-766-5707.  Learn how to make sex memorable!!!!

HIDDEN TREASURE

Beauty, adventure, thrills, friendship, passion and unity in marriage come from God.  Discover how to put a strong spiritual foundation in your marriage.  Build a marriage that will stand up to the hurricanes of life.  Your 911 number is 256-766-5707.

MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!

Has your marriage been shaken?  Are you feeling like your marriage is in total darkness?  Have the storms of life knocked your marriage to the ground?

You deserve a "fairy tale" marriage!!!!  The thrill and passion of a life time love affair is yours.  Don't settle for a rotten or mediocre marriage.  Expect mighty things when you give your whole heart to winning the greatest battle of your life---your marriage.  My heart is to not let you be defeated.  I want your heart to burst with joy when you see lasting success in your marriage.  The secret is increasing your marital happiness one baby step at a time.  Don't dwell on all the bad things that could happen to your marriage.  Think about the unlimited possibilities for growth when you allow your marriage to be rescued by marriage counseling.  A marriage that takes the instruction of a skilled counselor will grow "little by little."  Why not "shake off" your fears and make that call?  Expect supernatual breakthroughs and make your dreams come true.  Don't be miserable another day.  Call A FAMILY MATTER FIRST at 256-766-5707.

Your search for a marriage counselor could be over!

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A MAGNIFICIENT MARRIAGE

God has abundantly blessed me with a magnificient marriage.  My heart is so full of love for my wife.  I am madly in love with her.  I would love to share with you the secrets of a magnificient marriage.  Don't settle for a miserable marriage for a second longer.  Call 256-766-5707 now to take the first steps to a magnificient marriage!!!

What Does Scientific Research Say About Marriage?

Scientific research actually has a lot to say about marriage.  Some of the research may surprise you.  Discover how to practically apply new scientific research to your marriage!  Your call to A Family Matter at 256-766-5707 will set you on a course to build a solid, scientifically sound marriage.

Wedding Vows

Do you remember the excitement and thrills of the day your married?  What did you promise in your vows?  Do you take those vows seriously?  Would you love to get back to the special emotions of that incredible day? 

Your marriage can not only get back to where it was, but it can far exceed the happiness of your wedding day.  If you would like to get back to the joys of early marriage and far exceed your original happiness, please call to find to find out how.  You may reach me at 256-766-5707.

MARRIAGE BATTLES

In this corner, the tenuous marriage of Jason and Patricia.  In the opposing corner, the challenger from the state of confusion, the home breaker named Distrust.

In this corner, the "Hollywood gone sour" marriage of Bill and Tracy.  In the opposing corner, the challenger from the state of deceit, the luring AFFAIR.

In this corner, the "in a rut" marriage of Stan and Brittney.  In the opposing corner, the challenger from the state of boredom, Lazy.

In this corner, the "argue constantly" marriage of Steve and Rachel.  In the opposing corner, the challenger from the state of anger, Jabber.

Are you tired of the battles in your marriage?  Do you long for peace?  Do you have even just a little

hope?  Are you ready to surrender and say I don't know how to fix this marriage?  Are you ready to humble yourself before a marriage counselor and sincerely ask what do I need to do?

May I suggest that you find a marriage counselor who excels in putting marriages back together?  May I challenge you to carefully research to find "the best of the best" marriage counselor?

If you think we are a match, call for Kent at 256-766-5707.

OVERCOMING PAST HURTS

Childhood and adult traumas have a deep impact on marriage. These hurts cannot be ignored.  They must be addressed.  Find out how healing past traumas may become the number one unconscious objective of a damaged marriage.  Call now to begin the process of healing.  Get up close and personal help at 256-766-5707.

FANTASY FOOTBALL OR FANTASY MARRIAGE?

Would you rather play fantasy football or fantasy marriage?

I played football and now am great fan of the sport.  However, fantasy football has a big disadvantage.  Only a few actually win.

In contrast, playing fantasy marriage can be a win/win for both you and your spouse.  When you first come to marriage counseling, I will ask you and your spouse to develop your fantasy marriage--the marriage you both dream about.  This will become like your football playbook.  Memorize the plays.  Execute with precision.  No excuses for lack of performance.

Like fantasy football, there is strategy involved.  I will help each of you develop a win/win strategy for the marriage of your dreams.  Sometimes like football, we make adjustments in the middle of the game.  A great coach makes all the difference in football.  Likewise, a marriage coach will lead you to awesome victories in your marriage.

Find your fantasy marriage by finding a great marriage coach.  Call 256-766-5707 for more information about how to make your fantasy marriage become reality.

Marriage Victory!!!!

If a sports team goes into a ball game with an attitude of defeat or half-heartedness, then defeat is certain.  In the same way marriage should be approached with an expectancy of victory.

If another sports team has some bad breaks and is losing the game, they may be tempted to give up.  However, all great sports teams find a way to overcome adversity and turn certain defeat into victory.  In the same way marriages that have problems should not be given up on just because there are problems. 

I find that even the most horrible sounding marriages can be turned around to awesome victory with some hard work and expectancy of victory.  My guess is that a good 80-90% of the marriages who come to A FAMILY MATTER find incredible victory, wonderful communication, deep intimacy, and tools to handle future problems.

One of the greatest steps toward victory is picking up the phone and calling 256-766-5707.  The second victory is walking through the door into the office of A FAMILY MATTER FIRST.  Why not start a winning tradition today?

AFFAIR PROOF YOUR MARRIAGE

Would you like to learn how to affair proof your marriage?

Find the root cause of unhappiness in your marriage.  Learn how to take steps to affair proof your marriage forever.  Discover a deep trust that will never disappoint you.  Open your marriage to the spiritual dimension and realize how it can deeply impact the stability of your marriage.  Learn how to joyfully appreciate your mate each day and never look back.

Marriage Counseling at A FAMILY MATTER FIRST will show you how to focus on the most important issues in your marriage so you can truly AFFAIR PROOF your marriage. 

The only red flag you should see now is procrastination. Don't delay.  Call 256-766-5707.

Is Forgiveness Possible?

After an affair or breach of trust, it seems that forgiveness is not possible.  The hurt, devastation, and sorrow seem unbearable.  "Is there any hope for my marriage."  "I feel like I could never get over this."  "I have no trust for my spouse."  "I feel so broken."  "My anger and disappointment are so intense...I feel like I could cry for days."

Right now the biggest need you have is for someone to listen to you and feel the extreme sorrow.  You want to feel okay, but you feel totally shaken.

If you want to save your marriage, call me and we can begin to find the rocky road to healing and letting go of grudges.  If your mate is willing, I also have a lot of good advice for him or her.  If both of you would like to have a marriage that will last, please find the courage to call me and begin to climb the mountain of forgiveness.  I would like to hear the beginning of your story via telephone (256-766-5707).  My conviction is that in the long run you will have much more peace over saving your marriage than you would with a divorce.

MARRIAGES THAT WORK: a glimpse at success

THE JOURNEY STARTS HERE

MIRACLES HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE

A FAMILY MATTER FIRST offers marriage counseling, marital therapy, a marriage counselor and  couples counseling for troubled marriages.   Affairs, infidelity, and communication are specialities of A FAMILY MATTER FIRST.  A marriage counselor is standing by at A FAMILY MATTER FIRST.  Call 256-766-5707 for more information.  If you live in Florence, Killen, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, or Tuscumbia, A FAMILY MATTER FIRST is close to you.  If you live in Mississippi, Tennessee, or Huntsville, many drive this distance to Florence for the extra that A FAMILY MATTER FIRST gives you.  Your marriage is worth the drive.

A FAMILY MATTER FIRST provides a marriage counselor, a marriage therapist, marriage counseling, marital therapy, divorce busting coaching, marriage therapy, imago relationship therapy, solutions for troubled marriages, solid, proven direction for your marriage, answers for complex marital circumstances, couple communication counseling, affair busting therapy, short-term marriage answers, and a long-term plan for consistent marriage success to the following locations in Alabama:  Florence, Killen, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Russellville, Rogersville, Elgin, Waterloo, Petersville, Barton, Colbert Heights, Lexington, Green Hill, Hackleburg, Littleville, Town Creek, Center Star, Anderson, Cloverdale, Bear Creek, Spruce Pine, Courtland, St. Florian, Central Heights, Cherokee, Red Bay, Pleasant Site, Hamilton, Phil Campbell, Haleyville, Leighton, Moulton, Athens, Decatur, Madison, and Huntsville.  Mississippi locations include:  Iuka, Corinth, Booneville, Tupelo, Marietta, Saltillo, Baldwyn, Wheeler, Belmont, Golden, Holcut, Doskie, High Point, East Port, Dennis, New Site, Paden, Tishomingo, Burnsville, Farmington Glen, Kendrick, North Crossroads, Leedy, Biggersville, Thrashers, Oldham and Jacinto.   Tennessee locations include:  Lawrenceburg, Savannah, St. Joseph, Loretto, Leoma, Waynesboro, Collinwood, Pulaski, Pickwick Dam, Westpoint, Minor Hill, Shiloh, Counce, Cypress Inn, Iron City, Wayland Springs, Columbia, and Busby.  A FAMILY MATTER FIRST serves the following zip code addresses:

35630, 35632, 35634, 35645, 35661, 35674, 35660, 35653, 35654, 35677, 35648, 35564, 35653, 35672, 35610, 35617, 35543, 35585, 35618, 35582, 35616, 35570, 35581, 35565, 35646, 35650, 35611, 35613, 35614, 35601, 35603, 35652, 35756, 35757, 35758, 35801, 35802, 35803, 35805, 35806, 35808, 35810, 35811, 35813, 35816, 35824, 38852, 38834, 38829, 38801, 38804, 38856, 38866, 38824, 38827, 38847, 38838, 38859, 38873, 38833, 38464, 38372, 38469, 38468, 38485, 38450, 38478, 38365, 38486, 38473, 38376, 38326, 38452, 38463, and 38401.

MARRIAGE COUNSELING VIA SKYPE or PHONE

Marriage counseling via skype or phone is available for married couples in all 50 states and couples througout the world who speak English.  Dream of the amazing possibilities of nurtured growth in your marriage.  Don't settle for mediocre marriage counseling.  Review your possibilities carefully.  Make a wise decision.  Call 256-766-5707 now for a 15-20 minute free consultation.  See PHONE COUNSELING page for more information.  Skype marriage counseling works.

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We would be happy to give you more details regarding our services. Please contact us at 256 766-5707 or use our contact form.