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Couples therapy and marriage counseling, also known as relationship counseling, helps couples work through their specific relationship issues. Some examples of common focuses within couples therapy and marriage counseling include:
The types of therapy used in couples and marriage counseling include:
At Thriveworks, Couples/marriage therapy is led by licensed professionals — often licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs) — who are experts in their field and best-equipped to help couples.
The Gottman Method of couples therapy is a research-supported approach designed to enhance relationships by bolstering the bond between partners, resolving conflicts, and fostering shared meaning in their relationship through comprehensive assessments and tailored interventions that improve communication, trust, and the overall health of the partnership.
If you’re facing persistent relationship problems, communication breakdowns, or unresolved conflicts that are impacting your emotional well-being and happiness, Couples/marriage therapy may be beneficial for you.
While marriage and couple’s counseling is typically recommended for couples who are experiencing persistent or severe relationship issues, any relationship can benefit from attending these sessions.
Marriage and couples counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you and your partner.
On average, couples attend marriage and couples counseling for 12 weeks. However, couples & marriage counseling may last longer or shorter, dependent on the couples’ needs, the challenges they’d like to work through, and the pace of their progress.
At Thriveworks, we accept most major insurance plans, allowing many clients to pay as little as $0–$50 per session with their co-pay. We also offer self-pay options for those out-of-network or without insurance. Self-pay rates for talk therapy range from $160 to $240 for intake sessions and $135 to $195 for follow-ups, depending on your state. For psychiatry services, self-pay intake sessions are $255–$375, with follow-ups ranging from $175–$300, also varying by state. More information on current self-pay costs is available on our pricing page.
Courtney and Tanner are high school sweethearts. It started out as a fluke date night but turned into a 10-year adventure. Today, they are celebrating another anniversary—although, it doesn’t feel like a celebratory, happy, or loving day. How could it when Courtney and Tanner have barely spoken a word to each other? They’ve only talked about who would drop the kids off at school and who was in charge of making dinner.
Flash forward a few weeks later: Courtney decides that it’s time to do something about their indifference toward each other. Hopeful, she convinces her husband to join her for couples counseling. After just a few sessions, she can feel their connection building again. There’s a spark—something they haven’t felt in years.
“Commitment requires a willingness to sit
with unresolved conflict matched with a strong resolve to soften your hearts together.”
–Sevin Philips
If you and your partner or spouse are experiencing problems in your relationship—such as a lack of connection, communication issues, or different visions for the future—couples counseling or marriage therapy can help you too. All couples run into their fair share of difficulties; even the strongest of the strongest relationships struggle. Fortunately, though, you can overcome the challenges that you face. And a marriage or couples counselor at Thriveworks Waltham can help you do so.
Couples counseling helps couples overcome challenges in their relationship and/or learn tools to overcome challenges that may arise in the future. These challenges often include:
· Communication errors
· Financial stress
· Visions for the future
· Infidelity
· Lack of intimacy
Your counselor or psychologist will work with you and your partner to confront the challenges that appear in your relationship. While the counseling approach can vary from counselor to counselor (and depending on your unique situation), often, couples counseling focused on identifying present issues, making healthy changes that will improve relationship satisfaction, and outlining a clear plan for moving forward as well as determining where the couple wants to be in x amount of time.
Research shows that healthy relationships grow and change over time, going through various stages of development. These stages are not always linear, but typically occur in the same order. You have probably experienced many of these stages yourself. Each stage has its own unique benefits and challenges. Some of these relationship stages include:
Our professional therapists, psychologists, and counselors in Waltham and across Massachusetts have worked hard to gain a knowledge and understanding of the different stages in a relationship. Through education and practical experience, they learned that each stage can cause unique stresses on a couple, stresses that might separate you and your partner. Unless you resolve your differences in a healthy way and deal with the stress in your relationship, you may keep repeating the same struggles over and over without making progress.
Without the skills to navigate the various stages of your relationship, you can find yourself stuck, frustrated, and unhappy. To help you learn how to move forward, our couples counselors will first meet with you to determine where you are in your relationship and help you pinpoint some of the challenges you and your partner need to address. Once they’ve determined this, our therapists can help you map out how to proceed. Relationships aren’t always easy, but if you put in the effort, your romantic life can improve.
If you’re ready to get started with couples counseling at Thriveworks Waltham, just give us a call at (781) 309-9149. A scheduling specialist will help you schedule a session with a provider who can best help you and at a date and time that best fits your schedule. We look forward to beginning this important work and meeting you soon!
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