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TRANSFORM YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO NEWFOUND LEVELS OF HAPPINESS
Conflicts in relationships are rarely about the issues, but stem from how couples or partners talk about the issues. In marriage, relationship, and business counseling sessions we actively work with you to learn new ways to communicate by focusing our efforts on the detection of repetitive patterns that create unresolved problems in any relationship. With the application of these skills, couples can talk successfully about anything, leading to a more lasting and fulfilling relationship.
Marriage Counseling
Experience ways to find renewed happiness and rebuild the emotional connection in your marriage.
Relationship Counseling
Engage in methods to encourage respectful and mutually compassionate interactions that help resolve conflicts.
Business Coaching
Build communication skills to enhance relationships and offer a greater level of collaboration and responsiveness to customer needs.
Couples Workshops
The Seven Principles Program for Couples
The Seven Principles Program for Couples is a one day workshop based on the internationally acclaimed research of Dr. John Gottman as presented in his New York Times bestselling book—The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. This educational workshop is designed to help couples improve their friendship and conflict management skills. The Seven Principles Program includes lectures and private couple exercises. Participants will not share their personal problems in front of others. Registration includes the book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and two workbooks.
Time: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Workshop Location: Glastonbury Abbey, 16 Hull Street, Hingham, 02043
Leaders: Richard Rein, Ph.D. and Catherine Rein, LICSW
About Relationship Resources
A number of therapists do marriage counseling, but very few are trained in it, and even fewer exclusively see couples in their practice.
Dr. Richard Rein, Ph.D. is the founder of Relationship Resources and founder of the Center for Integrative Counseling and Wellness. He is a licensed psychologist, certified Gottman method couples therapist, and marriage counseling expert. Dr. Rein has written has written two books that guide couples on developing skills and strategies to renew their relationships.
Relationship Resources’ counseling methods are based on training with Dr. John Gottman, the top marriage counselor and researcher in the country. Dr. Rein has shared these methods with thousands of couples and taught to many other couples’ therapists.
Throughout three decades of practice, Relationship Resources has provided research driven, specialized counseling for couples and partners.

Counseling Approach
Relationship Resources’ counseling approach is based on the science of communication. We work with you to identify repetitive patterns and detect intricate subtleties that create communication setbacks and unresolved problems in marriages and relationships.
Our method is what differentiates us from other therapists and has been very successful in improving and saving troubled relationships.
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Successful Communication Techniques
From the start, couples receive Dr. Rein’s most recent book that summarizes the research on how successful couples communicate.
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Feedback and Guidance
Together we change how you communicate in sessions, receiving lots of feedback and guidance.
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Restore and Rebuild
If your previous conversations escalated or even stopped occurring, new ways of communicating will restore friendship and rebuild emotional connection.
The Divorce Prevention Handbook
For expert relationship advice and real-life relationship examples, read Dr. Richard Rein’s book: The Divorce Prevention Handbook: A Practical Guide for Saving Marriages.The handbook is filled with invaluable insights that will guide you in developing the skills necessary to communicate with your partner in positive, more productive ways. The guide details – in clear, easy-to-follow language – skills and strategies that you can use to renew your relationship and return to a successful, happy marriage.
Chapter topics include:
- You Treat Strangers Better Than Me
- You Don’t Hear Me
- It’s Your Fault
- You’re Not My Parent
- It Seems So Minor, But…
- What Do You Mean You Can’t Change?
- Relationship Under Repair
