Solution-Focused Couples and Family Therapy

Brief, Solution-Focused
Couples and Family Therapy
Easton, PA

610 248-1588

Relationship Counseling

Helping Couples and Families
work through their most difficult challenges

Family and Couples Therapy are efficient and effective ways to bring about change.

Family therapy works more quickly than other types of counseling because it looks at problems in the context of the people we interact with most intimately. Recurring patterns of unwanted interactions create the most pain in our lives but, if we see these behaviors as having more to do with the effect they have on our current relationships than with some unresolved connection to our past, we can strengthen and marshal our own skills and native resilience to bring about permanent change.

Our goal is successfully to conclude therapy as quickly as possible.

Family therapists also clarify from the start what the goal of therapy is and how you would know it was successfully achieved. And we give you a reasonable idea of how long we think it will take to accomplish this goal. So clients have a realistic idea, usually after a first session, of what to expect, how long it will take, and how they will know if the professional is really helping them

Serving
Families and Couples

Allentown, PA
Easton, PA
Clinton, NJ
Flemington, NJ

What to Expect

In the first session, each person will have an opportunity to describe the difficulty from his or her point of view. I may also briefly meet with each client individually as well. Then I'll respond to these descriptions with a hypothesis about the problem you bring to therapy and how I propose to help you.

If everyone agrees that it is a good idea to continue with the plan, we will schedule subsequent sessions and set a date for us to evaluate progress and determine whether to conclude therapy or to continue.

In the final session, we will review progress, look to anticipate any difficulties that may arise in the future, and plan how to deal with them using your own strengths and new skills rather than having to return to a professional.

I believe people are capable of solving most of their problems on their own. Some problems are more difficult, however, and require the guidance of a sympathetic, neutral problem-solving professional. I am here for you if such an occasion should arise.

Some Challenges that a Family Therapist can Quickly Help You Solve:

Jonathan Gerard

Jonathan Gerard is an ordained rabbi who has worked with youth and families for over 35 years. He has an MAT from the University of Massachusetts School of Education and a DMin in psychology from Andover-Newton. He did post-graduate clinical training at the University of New Hampshire Center for Marriage and Family Therapy, an the AAMFT certified center for clinical training.

Dr. Jonathan H. Gerard

Solution-Focused
COUPLES AND FAMILY THERAPY
149 Foothill Rd.
Flemington NJ 08822

610 248-1588

Read some of Dr. Gerard's articles here.

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