Couples often enter treatment to address a wide range of difficulties, such as:
- Cheating and infidelity
- Adjusting to major life transitions
- Internet/pornography addiction
- Recurring arguments about the same concerns
- Sexual problems
- Substance use
- Feeling ignored and unloved
In my experience, couples in distress can get entangled in negative, circular interactions with one another. Often fighting about the same things over and over, this pattern can lead to an impasse in the relationship, in which both members are left feeling stuck, depleted, and helpless.
Whatever struggle you may be experiencing in your relationship, couples therapy can forge a path forward.
It can help to overcome destructive cycles of communication and address specific difficulties such as dealing with sexual/intimacy issues or deciding whether or not to continue a relationship. It can help both partners deepen their connection and emotional bond with one another, and rediscover some of the excitement and spontaneity that may have been misplaced or forgotten through time. It offers the opportunity for both members to develop a new language with one another by which they can listen to and empathize with one another’s emotions and concerns.
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