Therapy for Relationships

Relationships are the biggest factor in determining our quality of life, and yet we tend to put very little time or energy into building relational intelligence. Instead, we tend to operate on autopilot, falling back on childhood coping mechanisms and re-enacting old patterns that often unconsciously keep us stuck and disconnected. You do not simply “find” a healthy relationship, you actively build one by simultaneously uncovering and understanding your own relational patterning while learning and practicing skills that create a foundation of security, connection, and safety.

HOW WE’RE DIFFERENT…

Our therapists have completed additional trainings in couples work, that utilizes structured and solution-focused interventions to teach couples practical ways to:

  • Deepen their emotional connection

  • Replace negative conflict patterns with positive interactions

  • Increase intimacy, respect, and affection

  • Repair past hurts

  • Rebuild trust

  • Recover from affairs or infidelity

  • Adjust to parenthood

  • Increase sexual satisfaction and compatibility

  • Create shared goals and values

OUR THREE COMMITMENTS:

1. Effective, Research-Based Methods ONLY

Your relationship is valuable. Our couples therapists have completed Levels 2 and 3 of advanced training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and we do not veer from this well-researched and effective method.

2. The Human Component

Therapy works best when you trust and feel comfortable with your therapist. We want you and your partner to both feel welcome and understood. We love when our clients tell us that we’re easy to talk to or that they look forward to coming in to see us.

We are not here to be the judge and jury, deciding who is right or who is wrong. We aim to educate and coach you as you practice your new skills. Instead of taking sides, we guide couples through difficult conversations, turning what might have become a fight into a chance to see your partner’s heart and soul. We genuinely care about our couples, so we will be 100% with you, rooting for your relationship every step of the way.

3. Guts

Talking about tough topics with your spouse is never easy, but relationship repair depends on both partners feeling calm and heard. We take an active role in couples sessions to ensure that our time together is calm and productive. This is not your unstructured therapy session where you come in with your partner, fight about a number of issues, and leave feeling bad. In Gottman Method Couples Therapy, you are here to learn and practice new skills that will continually move your relationship forward. When old habits like criticism or defensiveness arise, we will intervene, so the conversation stays on track. Our goal is to help couples learn and practice new, effective relationship skills they can eventually use independently.