Couples Counseling

Specializing in couples struggling to get things back on track or couples needing to build a new track…

We work with you to discover what aspects of the marriage or relationship are in need of repair, and we address them piece by piece. We utilize four key areas of relationship harmony for reference and assessment in helping couples to thrive:

  • Friendship (such as communication, partner knowledge)

  • Romance (such as dating, kind words, love languages)

  • Physical Intimacy (such as sexual, touch, physicality)

  • Logistical Collaboration (such as money, children, life)

Through talk therapy, live role plays, games, and shared couples activities, we help partners learn how to repair hurts, choose more adaptive responses to conflict, and move into a place of compassion.

Couples can leave sessions feeling equipped to handle the obstacles thrown their way. They start by understanding the blueprints to each other’s hearts by learning what trauma land mines they may be walking with to ensure their partners are aware.

Some of the common concerns we explore:

  • Navigating cross-cultural relationships

  • “Falling out of love”

  • Financial disagreements

  • Love language mismatches

  • General conflicts

  • Family conflicts

  • Changing goals, values, or desires

  • Life changes or transitions

  • Infidelity/broken trust

Core Interventions

  • This allows couples to have tangible tools to communicate better and regulate their emotions in conversations effectively. DBT provides step-by-step strategies to help couples move more effectively together.

  • Couples explore the tangible steps they have to take in order to get the outcomes they seek. Couples look at how their current actions and behaviors are aligning or misaligning with their intended goals.

  • Couples work on their heart blueprints by translating their language of understanding aspects of love, like what it means to support, assist, show love, guide, and other important terms related to relationships for them.

  • Couples can work through live problem-solving in order to resolve existing dilemmas they may face and find the best ground to take.

  • See the trauma and individual service Interventions that may be integrated into couples therapy to help with relevant trauma work.

Note: The best practice for couples treatment is to allow for individual sessions for both parties staggered between shared couples sessions. In order to ensure I can assist your unique needs and situation, we can modify the delivery of couples sessions.

Or call/text us at 407-961-0417 to get started!