1. Who are the Lasting coaches?
All of our relationship coaches are licensed couples therapists and trained in the Lasting approach to couples counseling. They have at least 2,000 hours of clinical experience with a focus on couples therapy. Licenses vary, but the most common include accredited psychologists (PhD/PsyD), marriage and family therapists (LMFT), licensed professional counselors (LPC), or clinical social workers (LCSW/LMSW).
We only accept the best of the best and maintain a 10% acceptance rate.
2. What can our Lasting relationship coach help us with?
Our relationship coaches are there to help you and your partner improve and strengthen your emotional connection; open up communication; and manage any disagreements between you.
Here are a few ways that coaches can work with you and your partner:
Assist you and your partner with managing conflicts
Support you and your partner in reaching a compromise on specific issues
Give feedback on your methods of communication
Help you identify underlying unhealthy patterns of relating with each other
Provide validation to both of your realities
Guide you and your partner through steps for healing from relationship injuries
Teach you and your partner to take breaks during conflict
Teach you and your partner healthy tools for conflict and communication
Support you and your partner in processing hard issues together
Guide you and your partner in developing coherent life narratives
3. How much does the service cost?
For your first video session, it’s $45 for a one-hour session.
If you want to establish a relationship with your Lasting coach, packages are available at your request. Simply ask your coach.
4. Is a Lasting relationship coach right for me and my partner?
You and your partner will benefit from working with a Lasting relationship coach if you are looking to improve, strengthen, or heal your emotional connection. Lasting relationship coaches work with couples to identify underlying unhealthy patterns of interacting, to learn tools for emotional connection, and to walk them through steps for managing conflict and healing from relationship injuries.
Working with a Lasting relationship coach is not right for you and your partner if:
You have thoughts of hurting yourself and/or others
You and your partner’s relationship is suffering from ongoing domestic violence
You or your partner are engaging in an ongoing extramarital affair
You or your partner are battling alcohol and/or drug addiction & are not currently receiving addiction treatment
Your or your partner are seeking a mental health diagnosis
You are required to undergo therapy by a court order or other authority
5. Is working with a Lasting marriage coach effective?
More and more studies are confirming that telemental health services are as effective as in-person therapy.
Here are a few of those studies:
Barak A, Hen L, Boniel-Nissim M, et al. (2008). “A comprehensive review and a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of internet-based psychotherapeutic interventions.” Journal of Technology in Human Services, 26.2-4: 109-160. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK76016/
Langarizadeh, M., Tabatabaei, M. S., Tavakol, K., Naghipour, M., Rostami, A., & Moghbeli, F. (2017). Telemental Health Care, an Effective Alternative to Conventional Mental Care: a Systematic Review. Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, 25(4), 240–246. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5723163/
Hilty, D. M., Ferrer, D. C., Parish, M. B., Johnston, B., Callahan, E. J., & Yellowlees, P. M. (2013). The effectiveness of telemental health: a 2013 review. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 19(6), 444–454. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662387/