As the poet Rilke said, "Loving another person is the hardest work there is, such that all other work is mere preparation."

Dr. John Becker is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Imago Relationship Therapist with over thirty years post doctoral experience available to help you with that work.

Couples Therapy

Already in an important relationship that is stuck or in crisis?

There are more effective and creative alternatives than trying the same approach with more and more effort or, if that approach fails, separating from your romantic partner. Psychological research in recent years has revealed proven strategies that lead to deepening safety, respect, joy, passion and love in romantic relationships. What is even more exciting is that these skills are very learnable.

While usually, consultations for couples are done on a weekly or biweekly basis, Dr. Becker also sees couples for "Compact Couples Counseling" in a private, two six-hour day format.

It is preferable that your partner actively participate in learning these skills with you from the beginning. However, you can learn how to respectfully invite your partner into deeper levels of emotional intimacy by learning these skills initially by yourself. For detailed information on this program, see the "Solo" Couples Therapy page at www.southfloridapsychotherapy.com.

Dr. Becker's approach to Couples Therapy is especially cost effective because, rather than encouraging a continuing need for his advice, interpretations and arbitration, he helps you learn and master the skills necessary to dissolve conflict and create continuing emotional safety, joy, and passion in your relationship.

Divorce Counseling

If you've already decided to divorce, Dr. Becker offers a number of services that can help reduce unnecessary suffering for yourself, for your estranged spouse, and certainly for any children you may have.
This counseling can help you mourn, not only the loss of your marriage, but also the loss of the marriage you had hoped for. The counseling can help you reclaim the power of parts of yourself that may have been neglected during your marriage and help you develop an inspiring vision and plan for the future. If you have a child or children from the marriage, the counseling can help you learn how to create an optimum emotional "co-parenting climate" which is so critical for the future well being of your children.


Pre Commitment/ Pre Marital Counseling

Ready to commit to your life partner?

Premarital counseling is arguably the wisest preparation for a life-long marriage that remains "full of life." It's also one of the best ways to avoid the documented fact that some 50% of first and some 63% of second marriages end in divorce. Learn the skills that are crucial to success in your marriage before the honeymoon ends.



Singles Counseling

Looking for your soulmate and life partner?

H. Jackson Brown in his book, "Life's Little Instruction Book," says "Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come ninety percent of all your happiness or misery."

Yet, virtually everyone, certainly those "walking down the aisle," believe they have the skills to attract the best mate for them and that they also have the skills necessary to nurture and sustain that relationship, once found.

But, as previously stated,  hard research reveals that some 50% of first marriages and some 63% of second marriages end in divorce. A huge percentage of those who remain together lead paralel lives often of "quiet (or not so quiet) desperation."

If you've moved beyond thinking that writing a better internet profile or getting advice from well meaning friends and relatives is your best preparation to attract  your soulmate, you may be ready for a program based on cutting edge social science research. Come learn the skills to avoid being part of those "romance horror statistics."

The process led by Dr. Becker includes a structured curriculum with homework assignments which invite self reflection and a review of past relationship patterns. It helps you discover the vision of the life you'd love to live and helps you articulate the requirements that must be met in your life partnership for it to succeed long term. Most importantly, the process includes developing the know-how and skills to both attract and then nurture your romantic soulmate relationship so that it will continue to be respectful, joyous and passionate. More detailed information on this program can be found on both the "Singles Psychotherapy" page and the "Solo" Couples Therapy page at www.southfloridapsychotherapy.com.

Communication Coaching for Business

Could your business and professional relationships be more harmonious and, therefore creative?

Business and professional relationships inevitably go through developmental processes as do other types of relationships. That is, they usually experience a "honeymoon period" followed by a period of "storming" in which differences and conflicts become all too apparent. Without specialized communication skills, these conflicts can become quagmires. Rather than being springboards to creative synergy, conflicts can end in bitter impasse or even "divorce." Dr. Becker teaches a proven communicatioin approach which is easily learned and, with proficiency, can create a harmonious, mutually supportive and successful business collaboration.

Your Therapist

Dr. John Becker is a Licensed Psychologist, a Psychotherapist and Certified Imago Relationship Therapist with over thirty years post doctoral experience. He has extensive experience and training in helping singles to attract and prepare for their romantic soulmate relationship. He also has decades of training and experience in helping couples to heal, enrich and deepen their romantic soulmate relationship. In the business realm, Dr. Becker brings his experience as a trained Executive Coach and Consultant with Hay Associates, International Consultants to Management and his  personal management experience directing both for profit and non profit organizations.

Dr. Becker  is well known for his personalized approach to psychotherapy and relationship counseling, as well as for his entertaining and informative workshops given to singles, couples, business and professional organizations.