Marriage Counseling/Therapy
What is Marriage Counseling?
Marriage counseling or couples counseling is an opportunity to work with your partner on issues that may be affecting your relationship. Couples work towards a peaceful and intimate relationship. Couples counseling can also be for divorced couples or couples going through divorce/separation, as navigating these life circumstances can be difficult. Couples counseling can be used for increased communication and resolution of conflict in any situation.
Treatment Approach for Marriage Counseling
Each marriage is different and each couple experiences different issues. Your counselor will first help you identify your common goals and issues you would like to address. Some things you may focus on communication skills, conflict resolution, intimacy, parenting, extended families and past hurts. Your counselor will serve as a guide during these discussions, helping you create productive conversations.
Throughout your sessions, counselors sometimes see you individually or together. This is to provide the client more time to discuss individual issues that might be affecting the relationship. This will be determined based on the needs of the specific couple. Therapists are a neutral party and always work toward helping the needs of the couple by providing an outside perspective.
Benefits of Marriage Counseling
- Improved communication skills
- Resolution to conflict
- New perspective
- Increased intimacy
Here are some things our therapists have to say on Marriage counseling sessions.
Written by Danielle Linders, NCC, LPC, LCDC
Marriage and family therapy is a journey that we are permitted to join our patients on. I look at the session as a dance. It is a balancing act to make sure that all present feel heard and understood. Most issues that are addressed in session are: communication (I language, fair fighting rules, active and reflective listening), love languages, discovering who you are as an individual and couple, parenting, among other topics.
I do not have an agenda when I come into a session. I allow the couple to express topics of importance and then provide space for each patient to feel heard. I usually ask questions for several modalities to see which would be the best for the couple.
Marriage Counseling Therapists at Gibson Counseling

Sally Guerra, LPC
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Location: Cedar Park
Insurances Accepted: Aetna, Aetna EAP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Multiplan/PHCS, Sendero, Tricare, United Health Care (Optum/Optum EAP, UMR, Oscar, Allsavers),
Evaluations Offered: ADD, ADHD, Mood Disorders, Anger Issues and PTSD
Accepting New Clients: YES- VIDEO THERAPY ONLY (Children age 12 and up)
Expertise: Kids (5yr and up), Adults and Couples
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Anger
- Anxiety
- CBT
- Child and adolescent counseling (5 years and older)
- Christian Counseling
- Depression
- Geriatric/Elderly concerns
- LGBTQIA
- Life adjustment
- Marriage Counseling
- Mindfulness
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Trauma

Christina Glaze, LCSW
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Location: Cedar Park
Insurances Accepted: Aetna, BCBS, Beacon Options, Cigna, Humana, Multiplan/PHCS, Sendero, United Health Care (Optum/Optum EAP, UMR, Oscar, Allsavers)
Accepting New Clients: NO (video and in person)
Expertise: Kids (10 yr and up), Adults and Couples
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- CBT
- Child and adolescent counseling (ages 10 years or older)
- Self Esteem
- Depression
- Life adjustment
- LGBTQIA
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Marriage Counseling
- Trauma

Kyle Dickerson, LMFT
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Location: North Round Rock
Insurances Accepted: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon Options, Aetna, Multiplan/PHCS, Tricare, Humana, United Health Care (Optum/Optum EAP, UMR, Oscar, Allsavers), Sendero,
Accepting New Clients NO (Video and in office)
Expertise:Kids (10 yrs and older), Adults and Couples
- Marriage Counseling
- Anger
- Anxiety
- CBT
- Child and adolescent counseling
- Disruptive Behaviors/ Defiant
- Self Harm
- Depression
- Life adjustment
- Mindfulness
- Men's Issues
- Trauma
Assessments:
- Anxiety and Panic attacks
- PTSD and Trauma
- Depression
- Behavioral Issues
- Schizophrenia and Psychosis
- Bipolar
- Eating Disorders
- Addiction (e.g. porn, internet, eating ,etc)

Whitney Woodby, LPC
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Location: North Round Rock
Insurances Accepted: Aetna, Beacon Options, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Multiplan/PHCS, Sendero, Tricare, United Health Care (Optum/Optum EAP, UMR, Oscar, Allsavers)
Accepting New Clients- NO (Video and in office)
Expertise: Kids (13 yrs and older), Adults and Couples
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Anger
- Anxiety
- CBT
- Child and adolescent counseling
- Christian Counseling
- Depression
- Life adjustment
- LGBTQIA
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Marriage Counseling
- Trauma

Sheryl Stiffler, LMFT
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Location: Cedar Park
Insurances Accepted: Aetna, BCBS, Beacon Options,Humana, Multiplan/PHCS, Sendero, Tricare, United Health Care (Optum/Optum EAP, UMR, Oscar, Allsavers)
Accepting New Clients: YES (Video Therapy Sessions Only)
Expertise: Kids (6 yr and up), Adults and Couples
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Anger
- Anxiety
- CBT
- Child and adolescent counseling (ages 6 years or older)
- Christian Counseling
- Depression
- Life adjustment
- LGBTQIA
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Marriage Counseling
- Trauma

Danielle Linders, NCC, LPC, LCDC
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Location: North Round Rock
Insurances Accepted: Aetna, Beacon Options, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Multiplan/PHCS, Sendero, Tricare, United Health Care (Optum/Optum EAP, UMR, Oscar, Allsavers)
Accepting New Clients: No
Expertise: Adults and Couples
- Addiction
- Anger
- Anxiety
- CBT
- Depression
- EMDR
- Life adjustment
- Marriage Counseling
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Trauma

Dayle Malen, LCSW, M.Ed.
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Location: South Round Rock
Insurances Accepted: Aetna, Beacon Options, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Multiplan/PHCS, Sendero, Tricare, United Health Care(Optum/Optum EAP, UMR, Oscar, Allsavers)
Accepting New Clients: No (No Substance abuse or history of addiction/excessive use. No Eating Disorders)-VIDEO THERAPY ONLY AT THIS TIME
Expertise: Adults and couples
- ADULTS ONLY-ADHD
- Anger
- Anxiety
- CBT
- Depression
- LGBTQIA
- Life adjustment
- Marriage Counseling
- Mindfulness
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Trauma

Amanda Durst, LPC
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Location:Cedar Park
Insurances Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon Options, United Health Care (optum, UMR, Oscar, Allsavers)/United Health Care EAP), Humana, Multiplan/PHCS, Sendero, Tricare
Accepting New Clients: NO (DOES NOT SEE TEENAGE BOYS)
Expertise:Kids (5 yr and up) (DOES NOT SEE TEENAGE BOYS) couples and female adults
- ADHD
- Anger
- Anxiety
- CBT
- Child and adolescent counseling ( 5 years and older)
- Christian Counseling
- Depression
- Life adjustment
- Mindfulness
- Marriage/Couples
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Trauma