Regionale Ehe- und Paarberatung

You can schedule an appointment if you would like to discuss relationship issues or personal matters with us.

We offer:

• Marriage and couples counseling
• Family counseling
• Separation counseling
• Individual counseling

We offer individual, professional, and affordable counseling. The first two sessions are free of charge for people seeking advice from the region. For further sessions, a rate is agreed upon based on income and the number of children.

To make an appointment, you can reach us by phone from Monday to Thursday between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. at 062 822 43 43. You can also register online at any time.

Counselors:

Walli Jaberg-Boothe
Trained in transactional analysis, systemic solution-focused counseling and therapy, systemic sex therapy,
systemic integrative couples therapy
walli.jaberg@eb-aarau.ch

Reto Baumann
Trained in resource- and solution-oriented counseling for individuals, couples, and families (with Dr. Gunther Schmidt) and as a mediator specializing in couple and family mediation.
reto.baumann@eb-aarau.ch

We are here for you if...

• You want to revitalize your relationship
• you want to find a way out of an impasse with your partner
• You want to start talking to your partner again
• You want to improve your communication skills
• You feel alone and misunderstood
• You want to develop shared values for raising children with your partner
• You have just become parents or your children are leaving home
• You no longer experience the tenderness, intimacy, and sex you desire
• An affair has changed everything
• You are unsure whether you want to stay together
• You want to separate or divorce and are looking for the best possible way to do so
• You want to cope with the separation or divorce
• You are having difficulties as parents after the separation
• You are looking for support with personal issues

What you can expect from us...

• We actively listen to you
• We understand both sides and remain impartial
• We work with you to find solutions and new perspectives
• We support you during periods of change
• We patiently accompany your change processes
• We work with individuals, couples, and families
• We provide counseling regardless of origin, religion, gender, age, and financial means
• We are professionally trained
• We work confidentially

Family counseling—we provide counseling when...

• You are concerned that conflicts in your relationship are affecting your children
• You want to develop shared values for raising your children
• Parenting problems are affecting your everyday life
• You feel overwhelmed or overburdened by the demands of parenting, either alone or as a couple
• You suffer from conflicts with your children straining your relationship
• A family member becomes ill and the system adjusts to this
• A teenager's difficulties are affecting family life and
  mutual detachment between parents and children causes difficulties
• Life in a blended family complicates love
• Issues relating to your family of origin determine your family life
• Conflicts between generations make your life difficult
• You want to find your role as a grandparent
• Your trust in your partner as a father/mother has been shaken
• It is difficult to be a parent after separation
• There are difficulties with contact or visitation rights.

We discuss these topics with individuals, couples, and families.

Appointments can be made by telephone or email:

eb.aarau@bluewin.ch

• Our course offerings

Our regional marriage and couples counseling center is supported by an association
The Regional Marriage and Couples Counseling Center in Aarau, a professional institution that has been in existence for 35 years, is supported by an association comprising Protestant Reformed and Catholic parishes as well as political communities in the Aarau region. The counseling center is open to couples, individuals, and families who want counseling, support, or therapy. In relationship problems, in situations of upheaval or change, in separation and divorce issues, in life crises or in personal coping processes. People of all denominations can find advice at this center.

• Parking spaces are usually available.

We look forward to hearing from you.