Discernment Counseling for Couples

Discernment counseling is brief and designed to move you from “stuckness” or ambivalence into making a decision about next steps in your relationship. This process is suited for so-called “mixed agenda” couples in which one person is leaning out of the relationship and the other person is leaning in. The goal is to reach a decision about what happens next: stay the course, enter a separation or divorce process, or agree to attempt reconciliation.

You begin with two individual sessions followed by 1-3 longer joint sessions.

Cost: $300 per hour. The first two individual sessions (45 min) are $225 per session. Joint Sessions are typically 90 to 120 minutes long. Maximum of 3 joint sessions. Total cost estimate: $900 to $2250.

Getting Started: Book two individual sessions. Once confirmed, you’ll each receive an intake form to complete.

Separation of Clinical and Mediation Services: In keeping with the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers, the Core Standards of mediation Practice (Oregon Mediation Association) and the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct (applicable to attorney-mediators), I maintain a strict separation between my clinical and mediation practices.‍ ‍I do not provide mediation services to individuals, families or couples with whom I have worked in a therapeutic or clinical capacity, and vice versa.

Questions?
Email or text 971-266-4133‍ ‍