Couples Therapy
Couples therapy is a valuable tool that can assist couples in cultivating genuine, positive, and honest communication, all the while recognizing and addressing harmful patterns that may have contributed to their initial difficulties.
This therapeutic approach provides a safe space for partners to openly express their thoughts, emotions, and concerns, enabling them to enhance their understanding of one another and their relationship dynamics.
Through effective communication techniques and guided exploration, couples can begin to unravel the root causes of their challenges, fostering a deeper sense of empathy, trust, and intimacy.
This process allows couples to develop healthier ways of interacting, resolving conflicts, and nurturing their bond. Overall, couples therapy provides the opportunity for couples to grow individually and as a unit, ultimately leading to a more harmonious and fulfilling relationship.
Heal Your Relationship: Addressing Intimacy and Communication Issues
Communication / Roles in the relationship
Sometimes the roles in the relationship can be unequally distributed, or even realized in the first place, leading to built-up tension and unhappiness.
In couple counseling, we work to understand how and why both parties view the different roles, and how it affects the relationship overall.
Beliefs and values / Unrealistic Expectations
Oftentimes, the beliefs and values people have stem from their childhood and past experiences, and when they don't align within the relationship, miscommunication can happen.
Together with a therapist, couples can work towards gaining a clear perspective into each others' beliefs and values.
Trust
Trust can be broken when communication efforts seem to be in constant conflict. This can lead to deep feelings of resentment and isolation.
With the help of a therapist, healthier communication styles can be developed and thus help both parties in the relationship to feel heard and understood. This results in reduced conflict and an overall increased sense of connection
Intimacy
Feeling disconnected and alone in a relationship can not only be painful, but can negatively impact relationship satisfaction in addition to overall health and wellbeing.
Therapy can help couples figure out how to reconnect and increase satisfaction in relationship in addition to discovering what created the disconnection.
Infidelity
Infidelity can have devastating effects on relationship, trust and intimacy.
Contacts
laurissahamptonlpc@gmail.com
(540) 247-4788
