Couples Therapy
Our Approach to Couples Therapy
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Relationships, much like individuals, flourish with focused attention and care. While a strong foundation often comes from personal healing journeys, there's always significant room for growth and repair within a partnership, especially when communication has faltered. Our approach to couples therapy emphasizes that seeking support shouldn't be reserved for a crisis point.
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We begin by equipping you with powerful communication tools, particularly those derived from Non-Violent Communication (NVC). Learning to give empathy, hold space for each other's emotions, and clearly acknowledge needs and strategies can profoundly transform how you interact, even amidst challenges. As you build these foundational skills, we then guide you to reflect more deeply on your struggles, helping to pinpoint the real pain points that lie beneath surface conflicts. Understanding these core issues empowers both of you, individually and as a couple, to direct your healing work effectively, fostering personal growth and strengthening your relational bonds.
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Ultimately, couples therapy offers a safe and neutral space for genuine expression. We understand that a primary source of relationship pain often stems from feeling unheard. As therapists, we help translate unspoken needs and facilitate understanding, creating an environment where couples can begin the vital work of repairing and rebuilding their connection.
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What to Expect in a Session:​
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For Couples Therapy, we generally recommend a commitment to a course of sessions. This allows for consistent progress and deeper, more sustainable change in your relationship.
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The First Session: This initial session provides a vital space for both partners to express what has brought you to couples therapy. It can often be an intense, yet incredibly cathartic experience, as each individual finally has the opportunity to share thoughts, feelings, and frustrations they may have been holding onto for a long time, and to feel truly heard by their partner, perhaps for the first time. Our role as therapists in this first session is to offer immediate, supportive empathy to each partner, while also beginning to understand your unique dynamic and the current state of your communication. By the end of this session, we will invite you both to commit to learning and applying new communication techniques, particularly around giving empathy, and to continuing with any necessary individual healing work.
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Following Sessions: The path of subsequent sessions will be tailored to your unique dynamic and evolving needs. There will always be dedicated space for open sharing and for practicing empathy, fostering deeper understanding between you. Alongside this, we will work together to build fundamental blocks of effective communication, mutual understanding, and renewed trust, helping you to forge a stronger, more connected relationship.
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Contact us for a free 20-minute consultation to find out more.