A way to help couples who are working through marriage/relationship challenges or seeking pre-marital assistance. Couples therapy is aimed to enhance a relationship or marriage to make it better, stronger, and more likely to endure its inevitable challenges. This can be accomplished by a blend of joint and/or individual sessions as determined by the specific needs, goals and circumstances of the couple.

Everyone. Regardless of whether you are in a long-term or relatively new relationship, Couples Therapy can be extremely beneficial. There are several therapeutic techniques available in Couples Therapy to help couples improve and resolve a variety of challenges, including but not limited to the following issues:

Communication – Often a person feels as if they are “not heard”  or understood by their partner. Couples often communicate with one another from very different vantage points, making it difficult to truly understand each other, leading to feelings of loneliness, loss, and resentment. Couples therapy can dramatically help to improve a couples ability to effectively communicate with each other, enhancing the quality of the relationship for each partner.

Life Transition(s) – Sometimes couples experience abrupt life changes such as job losses or changes, financial challenges, or sudden illness or loss of a family member which can introduce new stressors and create serious relationship challenges. Couples therapy can help partners better understand and manage these changes so that each partner can feel understood and supported. 

Birth/Adoption of a Child – While this is viewed as a joyful event, adding a new member to any family can cause stress.

Through a combination of joint and individual sessions, Couples Therapy can help strengthen communication skills, resolve conflicts, repair wounds, deepen intimacy, and enhance a relationship.

By calling 813-784-2442, to schedule an initial consultation, which will consist of a mutually convenient in-person meeting with licensed psychotherapist Carrie Cohen. It is generally preferable that both parties attend the initial meeting, however extenuating circumstances can be accommodated. Following the initial meeting, and before coming back together as a couple, an individual session(s) is typically scheduled for each partner separately, in order to obtain information relevant to background, perspective, and unique individual needs.