Couples counseling

Couples therapy, helps couples — married or not — understand and resolve conflicts and improve their relationship. Couples therapy gives couples the tools to communicate better, negotiate differences, problem solve and even argue in a healthier way.


Couples therapy can be short term. You may need only a few sessions to help you weather a crisis. Or you may need couples therapy for several months, particularly if your relationship has greatly deteriorated. As with individual psychotherapy, you typically see a marriage counselor or therapist once a week.


Your partner comes home from work, makes a beeline for the liquor cabinet and then sulks off silently. You haven't had a real conversation for weeks. A few arguments over money or late nights out, sure, but no heart-to-hearts. Sex? What's that?


Couples counseling may seem like a difficult subject to bring up, especially in an unhealthy relationship, but is also one of the greatest tools available to you and your partner. Thorough and beneficial counseling does not place blame on one person, as it is incredibly unhealthy and is usually the root of most problems in couples. While counseling may come up with things that each person should work on individually, it is important to work on internal self-improvement and external improvement on the relationship. Subconsciously, most couples are attracted to aspects in their partner that they feel they are lacking. By finding out what these specific traits are, you can start to use your partner as a mirror for self-improvement, often rediscovering what attracted you to them in the first place.

Research is the most beneficial way to find the top rated couples counseling that is locally available to you. A good couples’ counselor will get to know both you and your partner on an individual level, as well as developing a deeper understanding of your relationship dynamic. A counselor will be able to help you better yourself while improving your relationship and assist in relieving tension between you and your partner by focusing on the future rather than the past.

            

 A lack of proper communication is the most common issue found in couples counseling and even if it not found as the root of the problem, many improvements can be made within this realm. No relationship is entirely devoid of conflict but the solution lies more within the way in which couples deal with these problems rather than the problems themselves. By finding a way to peacefully navigate through these issues, couples will often be rewarded with a positive solution rather than a power struggle. A relationship will not be fixed overnight, but by practicing healthy communication skills and working as a team rather than as separate individuals, a couple will find a way to rest, heal and recover together.