Couples Counseling

Contacting a therapist for couples counseling can be a scary step to take and perhaps may take some convincing to do with your partner. Especially, if you are coming from the Latino community, in which, there are not many counselors available that are bilingual in English and Spanish. When it comes to relationships, some of the most common issues are communication issues, emotional distance, affairs, infidelity, and/or significant life events. On top of all those common issues, imagine now adding a couple who faces an additional barrier with language.

Interracial Couples Counseling 

In society today, it is more common for interracial marriages such as Latinos and White Americans. Although interracial marriages are common, couples still face challenges. For instance, a Latino and White couple may face the barrier of language and cultural differences which can cause issues in the relationship. A bilingual therapist in English and Spanish will be able to engage effectively with a bicultural couple by being culturally competent and sensitive to couples. In addition, the counselor working with Latino couples will be able to provide couples with techniques and strategies that will result in productive conversations even throughout the challenge of the language barrier.  

A therapist for Latino couples counseling can help you work through your relationship existing problem or even help you prevent a problem with your partner in the future. Overall, with the help of a counselor for Latino couples therapy the goal is to help improve feelings of security in the relationship, increase positive feelings between partners, decrease stress, and provide techniques to use with future challenges in the relationship. Finding a bilingual couple’s counselor can be challenging.

Author: Jenesis Vasquez