Couples Counseling

What is Couples Counseling?

Do you often feel frustrated with your partner?

Do you feel like you keep saying the same thing but are not being heard?

Do you feel like you lost that spark in the relationship and it’s impossible to get it back?

Well, you are not alone. According to a 2014 study at the University in Chicago, less than 60 percent of people report being very happy in their relationships, down from 65 percent just two years earlier. Couples therapy can give you and your partner the opportunity to discuss and resolve issues related to several aspects of your relationship.

Couples counseling or couples therapy is a form of psychotherapy that can help you and your partner improve your relationship. If you are having relationship difficulties, you can seek couples therapy to help rebuild your relationship. Couples therapy can address a wide range of relationship issues, including recurring conflicts, feelings of disconnection, an affair, issues related to sex, or difficulties due to external stressors. Couples therapy can help you at any stage of your relationship, regardless of marital status, age, race, faith, or sexual orientation.

Does couples counseling work?

Yes. According to the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, 97.1% of surveyed clients said they received the help they needed during couples counseling and upwards of 80 percent said that couple counseling had a positive impact. You do not have to be married to be in couples counseling. Dating couples have challenges just as married couples do. Couple counseling can help give you and your partner the tools needed to overcome these challenges and improve the quality of your relationship, whether you've been dating for a few weeks or married for decades. Couples counseling can help you and your partner learn what is causing problems in your relationship and learn how to fix them to get back to the relationship you once had.

How Can Couples Counseling Help Us?

Couples counseling can help you and your partner by providing a safe space with a non-judgmental therapist to:

  • Discuss and negotiate differences in a healthy manner

  • Learn how to better manage conflicts

  • Practice effective and concrete communication skills

  • Have increased intimacy

  • Identify and avoid repeating patterns of distress

  • Learn practical strategies to help lessen stress and tension at home

  • Become better at parenting together

  • Problem solve better as a couple

What Can Couples Counseling Help Us With?

  • Poor Communication

  • Lack of trust or infidelity

  • Frequent fighting

  • Financial management differences

  • Loveless marriage or relationship

  • Parenting discrepancies

  • Sexual Intimacy Issues

Learn more about Couples Therapy by visiting What to Expect in Couples Therapy

 
 

Take the first step.

With the support of an experienced therapist you will learn how to build a deeper connection with your partner and a more satisfying and fulfilling life.