Please take a moment to look through our articles. These are tools to give you insight and inform you. A solid foundation of any relationship is built on knowledge and abilty to keep an open mind.
"Building Successful Families"
-Kent Brand
MISERABLE TO MAGNIFICENT
Our family was referred by an attorney to A Family Matter to get abuse under control. My previous husband and one of my children died tragically. I subsequently remarried and found myself in an abusive relationship. Click Here to Read More
MAKE MY MARRIAGE SUCCESSFUL!
I had been through one unsuccessful marriage and then married a man who had been married multiple times. Our relationship was characterized by verbal and emotional abuse. Click Here to Read More
GET BACK ON TRACK
We had sex one time in six years. With very busy lives we had grown apart and became like two ships in the night. Click Here to Read More
FROM SEPARATION TO SPIRITUAL
Our separation was a big heartbreak. I made my wife feel worthless by harassing her. We argued intensely and I struggled with pornography. Click Here to Read More
DO NOT GET DIVORCED!
We had been to a marriage counselor who told us to get a divorce and it was all my husband’s fault. Click Here to Read More
MARRIAGE COUNSELING:
A LIFE CHANGING EVENT
Our lives will never be the same and we thank God, and Kent for that! Click Here to Read More
SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE
The news is devastating. Your spouse has told you that he or she does not love you anymore. Or maybe you just found out that your spouse is having an affair. Or maybe the arguments have become so terrible that you are losing hope in your marriage. Maybe you are a blended family and not only have problems in your marriage, but also with the children. You may be overwhelmed with sadness and grief about your marriage.
Have you thought about giving up? There is another way!!
Listening A Vital Key to Intimacy
Isn’t it amazing how couples “falling in love” usually find lots of time to communicate and listen and often after they are married they have little time to communicate, most communication turns into arguments and they are more interested in giving their own opinion as opposed to intently listening to each other? Great listening does not come easily. Actually, it is very hard work. For most of us it is easier to talk than listen. If your marriage is struggling with communication, you probably do not feel close to your spouse and your marriage is suffering.. Click Here to Read More
LORD OF THE RINGS
MARRIAGE VISION
The Bible says that where there is no vision the people perish. The same could be said for marriages. When marriages become like two ships in the night and drifting on the open seas, they become a big target for divorce. Click Here to Read More
AFFAIR BUSTING
Let the Healing begin. It always takes longer than you think it should. Since infidelity is a breach of trust, it takes time to recover. Road is jagged–roller coaster–the only way to get to the other side is to go through the pain. Share the details and pain....... Click Here to Read More
How to Connect in Marriage
CLEARING THE AIR
How do couples “clear the air” when they are hurt or disappointed by something their partner says or does? Teaching couples ZERO CRITICISM and how to express dissatisfaction, anger, or disagreement in a healthy way is a major goal of my approach to therapy with marriages in trouble. Dr. John Gottman in his book, Why Marriages Succeed or Fail...and How You Can Make Yours Last, says that spouses should never attack their spouse’s personality or character. Click Here to Read More
Couple Communication
Couple communication is a marriage enrichment program designed to make a good marriage better. I was certified to teach this program in 1981 and have since conducted weekend seminars many times. Couple communication teaches how to be “in tune” with each other, styles of communication, listening skills, conflict resolution, effective talking, and deeply satisfying sharing. Couples have fun while they are learning and receive opportunities to practice so the new skills
can be solidified. Click Here to Read More
DIVORCE BUSTER
Divorce Busting is a proven, and solution oriented approach to saving marriages. My mentor, Michele Weiner Davis from Boulder, Colorado, has been a regular guest on Oprah, 48 Hours, the Today show, and CBS This Morning. Since developing this approach in 1978 she has saved hundreds of marriages. The beauty of this approach is that it is effective even if only one spouse wants therapy. Click Here to Read More
Light Her Fire
For the Men. Learn a few secrets to igniting passion. Click Here to Read More
MARRIAGE ASSESSMENT
A quick 7 question assessment. Where are you? Click Here to Read More
What you Don’t Know About Marriage Counseling Can be Hazardous to your
Health
Most people assume that all marriage counselors are trained and pro-marriage. But the National Registry of Marriage Friendly Therapists is creating a buzz in the therapy world by going public with two contrary pieces of information: that many therapists seeing couples are not trained in this kind of work, and that even competent therapists are often neutral about whether a troubled marriage ends or endures. The Registry has spent the past year assembling a group of trained, competent marriage therapists who value lifelong marriage and who work to help couples stay together unless there are compelling reasons not to. Click Here to Read More
THE TRUE AMERICAN IDOL
MARRIAGE HEROES
Read about some stories of marriage heroes at A FAMILY MATTER. Click Here to Read More
The National
Registry of Marriage Friendly Therapists
The National Registry of Marriage Friendly Therapists, LLC is an online registry of
marriage therapists.. Click Here to Read More
A FAMILY MATTER provides marriage counseling, marriage therapy for couples, children’s counseling, anger counseling, depression psychotherapy, divorce counseling for couples, and Christian family counseling.
Our clinic serves the online community, as well as communities in North West and North Central
Alabama, North East Mississippi, and South Central Tennessee including: Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Lexington, Rogersville, Cherokee, Russellville, Athens, Madison, Decatur, Huntsville, Red Bay, Killen, Leighton, Phil Campbell, Iuka, Corinth, Belmont, Booneville, Tupelo, Lawrenceburg, Savannah, Collinwood, Loretto, and Waynesboro: 35630, 35633, 35634, 35677, 35661, 35674, 35660, 35648, 35610, 35653, 35585, 35654, 35581, 35582, 35593, 38847, 35645, 35646, 35616, 35653, 35652, 35648, 35611, 35612, 35758, 35601, 35602, 35603, 35813, 35801, 35814, 35804, 35815, 35810, 35804, 35824, 35807, 35808, 35812, 35807, 38464, 38372, 38450, 38469, 38485, 38852, 38834, 38835, 38827,38829,38801, 38802.
We provide marriage counseling, marriage therapy, psychotherapy for individuals and therapy for children. For an appointment with a marriage counselor or family therapist contact us at 256-766-5707 or
kent@afamilymatter.com.Call us today, and let us help your Marriage and your Family!
(256) 766-5707
