Couples Therapy

Have you and your partner grown apart or even resentful of or angry towards each other? Are you engaging in the same argument over and over rather than listening to each other and appreciating your differences? Maybe you’re engaging in power struggles as you both try to get each other to see and accept things from your respective perspectives. Or perhaps you feel overwhelmed and powerless in your relationship and react rather than respond thoughtfully when you feel attacked. Have your trust and sexual connection been threatened by an affair or diminished by nasty fights and growing unspoken, resentments? Do you often feel lonely, frustrated, undervalued or sad and wonder what happened to the playful, intimate connection you once shared? Do you wish you could find a way to express your deepest self to your partner and feel loved, heard, valued and truly accepted for who you are?

Feeling tension and disconnect in your romantic partnership can be a lonely, frustrating, and painful experience. One or both of you may be harboring pain and carrying around silent resentments. Although you want to connect with your partner, ongoing unresolved arguments may be holding you back from expressing your needs. An affair or other breach of trust may have shaken the foundation of your relationship, causing you to question if recovery is even possible. Or, you and your partner may have grown apart due to years of focusing on kids and careers. Money issues, broken agreements, division of daily tasks and differences in parenting styles may now dominate your conversations. At the end of the day, rather than turning to your partner for love and support, you may go to bed feeling angry, attacked, and alone.

1. Communication is an important part of romantic relationships. Whether you are dating, living together, or married, communication is where intimacy begins and ends in your relationship. Marriage and couples therapy can help with finding effective ways to communicate openly and in a safe way.

2. Trust is also crucial to any relationship, as is needed to create a feeling of closeness. Through marriage and couples therapy, you will find ways to build the connection that you have been missing.

3. Infidelity recovery - Affairs or betrayals cause a hard stop in the progress of any relationship. Feelings of betrayal can be a debilitating source of pain, and they oftentimes lead to the end of a relationship. Seeking couples therapy can offer a place to explore ways to re-establish trust and redefine the relationship.  Many wonder if trust can be rebuilt in a relationship after a husband, wife, or partner is unfaithful. It can be achieved with commitment, time, and patience.

4. Divorce talk -  When the topic of divorce comes to the table, it can be a scary moment. It may be the first time that divorce has been brought up as an option, or it may have been a topic of conversation for a long time. Couples therapy can provide a safe place to explore the reasons why divorce is becoming an option and what it means for both sides. In the event that divorce is the solution, together we will navigate the process of ending the relationship so that both parties are left with a feeling of closure.

5. Premarital therapy - When couples are planning on getting married, many want to ensure they are a good fit for marriage. Pre-marital therapy is a great way to explore areas of communication, intimacy and life goals.