Erin E. Lingle, LMFT

I work with individuals, couples, and families who are eager to deepen their relational intelligence (RQ) and build rich, meaningful, and reciprocal connections that last. If you’re someone who values learning, growth, and self-discovery—and brings a healthy dose of curiosity and humor—I’d love to work with you. *Specialization Services for "Couples on the Brink" If you or your spouse/partner are considering divorce but are not completely sure that’s the best path, you are in a tough spot. And Discernment Counseling is designed for you. It’s a chance to slowdown, take a breath, and look at your options for your marriage/relationship. Discernment Counseling is a new way of helping couples where one person is “leaning out” of the relationship—and not sure that regular couple therapy would help--and the other is "leaning in”—that is, interested in rebuilding the marriage/relationship. The counselor will help you decide whether to try to restore your relationship to health, move toward divorce/breaking up, or take a time out and decide later. The goal is for you to gain clarity and confidence about a direction, based on a deeper understanding of your relationship and its possibilities for the future. The goal is not to solve your relational 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 starting out in different places. The counselor respects your reasons for ending the relationship while trying to open up the possibility of restoring it 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: A maximum of 5 counseling sessions. The first session is usually 2 hours and the subsequent are 1.5 or 2 hours. 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 Professional verification provided by Psychology Today Read about the "No Surprises Act" here (copy and paste link into browser): https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:8b6ab482-c9b4-4f10-b609-ea38681a06f9