Discernment Counseling for Couples on the Brink of Divorce
Help is here for couples who are uncertain about their future together.
If you or your spouse are considering divorce but are not completely sure that it’s the best path, you are in a tough spot…and you are exactly who discernment counseling is designed for. It’s a chance to slow down, take a breath, and look at options for your marriage.
Discernment counseling is a new way of helping couples where one person is “leaning out” of the relationship — and not sure that regular marriage counseling would help — and the other is "leaning in” — that is, interested in rebuilding the marriage.
The counselor will help you decide whether to try to restore your marriage to health, move toward divorce, or take a time out and decide later.
Gain clarity and confidence about where to go next.
The goal is for you to gain clarity and confidence about a direction to go in, based on a deeper understanding of your relationship and its possibilities for the future.
The goal is not to solve your marital problems but to see if they are solvable. You will each be treated with compassion and respect, no matter how you are feeling about your marriage at the moment - no bad guys and good guys.
You will come in as a couple, but the most important work occurs in the one-to-one conversations with the counselor. Why? Because you are each starting out in different places.
The counselor respects your reasons for divorce while trying to open up the possibility of restoring the marriage to health.
The counselor emphasizes the importance of each of you seeing your own contributions to the problems and the possible solutions. This will be useful in future relationships even if this one ends.
Number of Sessions in Discernment Counseling:
There is a maximum of 5 counseling sessions with your discernment counselor.
1st session: 2 hours, $480
2nd-5th sessions: 1.5 - 2 hours, $360-480 each
Discernment Counseling is not suited for these situations:
When one spouse has already made a final decision to divorce
When one spouse is coercing the other to participate
When there is danger of domestic violence
If you believe you and your spouse are a good fit for discernment counseling, please email me directly at latalia@lataliawhite.com to begin scheduling your individual phone consultations.
