Couples Coach on Call™ Private Coaching

​Are your family and friends (and dog) tired of hearing about your relationship problems?

Maybe it would help to talk with a professional.

Sometimes you need someone objective to talk about your relationship with. Get an outside perspective with some new ideas, another point of view.

You’ve talked with each other but can't seem to change your dynamics. You've talked with your friends, your family, your neighbor, and your dog. They’re helpful, but not objective, and may be wearying of hearing about it. You've scoured the internet, the relationship blogs, and advice columns, but they haven't solved your relationship problem, either. All you really want is to just talk with someone (or even vent a little), but don't feel like you want to get into "couples therapy."

That's what Couples Coach on Call is for.

Depending on your unique needs, Couples Coach on Call is designed to help your relationship in a way that’s as easy, convenient, accessible, and helpful for you as possible.

If you’d like to talk one-on-one with an experienced relationship and communication professional, then maybe Couples Coach on Call could be a fit for you.
Melanie Smith, MACP
Founder of Expert Relationship and your Couples Coach on Call

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Your dog wants you to be happy, but might be tired of hearing about your relationship.

Sample Couples Coach on Call™ topics

  • Personalized relationship coaching with the Expert Relationship Toolkit and Downloads
  • Apologizing effectively
  • Forgiving
  • Skills to help get over a breakup
  • Deciding whether or not to commit
  • Deciding whether or not to break up
  • Money 
  • In-laws
  • Child-rearing & household management
  • Life goals
  • Relationship stagnation
  • Communication skills
  • Chronic arguing and not hearing each other
  • Patterns of relationship issues
  • Understanding the dynamics of your relationship
  • Learning to understand your partner
  • Finding the right words to address an issue with your partner
  • Small nagging problems in an otherwise solid relationship
  • Trust issues
  • Dealing with annoying habits
  • Resentment, irritation, and anger

Hmmm. Interesting. But is this for me?

“Couples Coach on Call” could be a good idea for you if:
  • you have clear, specific questions about your relationship that you would like to discuss with an experienced relationship professional
  • you want to learn to improve your communication skills
  • you are willing to work hard and apply yourselves to learning a new way to relate with each other
  • you are seeking relationship skill-building, and coaching
  • you simply want someone objective, compassionate, and experienced to talk relationship things over with
  • you would like to discuss the Expert Relationship protocols or worksheet and how to use them with your situation
  • you understand that Couples Coach on Call is a teaching, skill-building, listening, encouraging, sharing process, and that it is not designed to be therapeutic
  • ​you have realistic expectations about what we can accomplish via phone/video calls
  • you take responsibility for your relationship and are not expecting a coach to tell you what choice to make
  • you have a mental health professional available to you to work through any mental health issues that may be present
“Couples Coach on Call” is not appropriate for you if:
  • you have unrealistic expectations about what we can accomplish via phone/video calls
  • ​you are not ready to be proactive and make changes in how you relate and communicate
  • you want someone to tell you what choice to make
  • what you really need and/or want is therapeutic, clinical mental health care
  • you are in in a mental health crisis
  • you are involved in a domestic abuse or violence situation
  • your relationship problems are related to untreated substance abuse issues (alcohol, drugs)
  • You are suicidal or have an intention to hurt yourself or someone else