Remarriage therapy is for couples who have been previously married and want to lay a firm foundation for their new relationship:
- helps partners develop healthy and realistic expectations of their relationship when they “are not new” (per poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen)
- learn the challenges at each stage of committed relationships
- learn how to effectively listen, really listen
- with “Blended Families” (remarriage involving children from previous relationships), assists in sorting out loyalties, expectations, family meetings,
- each family member can express their needs and wants
- eases the stress so no one is left out or behind. Unattended, this can lead to great distress and disruption, including ending the new relationship.
This type of therapy is a combination of sessions for each of the blending families, subgroups within each family, children only and adults only.