Couples Sessions
Take the first step.
Deepen or repair your connection!
WHAT IS COUPLES COUNSELING?
Couples counseling is different from individual psychotherapy, as you and your partner meet together with a therapist to address problems or struggles in your relationship. Couples counseling helps to overcome problems such as:
Poor communication patterns
Frequent fighting or arguing
Problems with intimacy
Unintentionally triggering each other’s pain
Sexual incompatibility
Financial stressors
Differences in beliefs or values
Violations of trust and safety
HOW CAN COUPLES COUNSELING HELP?
As you and your partner begin couples counseling, you will learn how to:
Be open and honest with each other
Heal resentment
Give empathy, compassion, and comfort to one another
Work through difficult feelings of hurt and betrayal
Communicate your needs
Discuss goals and make practical decisions together
Restore intimacy
WHAT CAUSES COUPLES TO SEEK HELP:
They seem to argue about the same two to three things over and over without getting anywhere.
They can’t seem to talk anymore without getting defensive and critical.
They have “wounds” or trust issues from previous relationships or childhood.
Someone in the relationship doesn’t feel like their partner wants to connect with them anymore.
They act like roommates or business partners with very little romance or intimacy.
They feel uncomfortable with conflict, and don’t know how to bring up conflict or emotions without it being misunderstood.
One or both partners struggles with emotion, and can get uncomfortable when triggered. So they just “don’t go there”.
There has been marital infidelity, and they don’t know what to do next.
Many problems in relationships happen because we just don’t know how to talk to each other. Emotions run high in our love relationships, and talking when you feel overwhelmed or if you don’t have the right tools makes the conversation even more difficult. Couples often feel confused because it is difficult to know where to go to learn new skills. Therapy is a safe place to learn the techniques of healthy conversations in relationships. Our work with couples includes helping them learn new ways of talking and hearing their partner and being heard, understood, and accepted for who they are.
We teach couples proven ways to start and continue conversations by introducing the idea of conflict as something that can be positive when handled correctly. They learn how to clean up conversation styles which can that cause defensiveness and criticism.