Couples Counseling: Building Stronger Bonds Together

Compassionate guidance to help you and your partner create the relationship you both deserve.

Couples counseling provides a safe, neutral space for partners to explore their relationship dynamics, improve communication, and work through challenges together.

With the guidance of a trained therapist, couples learn new tools for connection, conflict resolution, and building deeper intimacy and understanding.

THE TESS APPROACH TO COUPLES COUNSELING

At TESS, our couples counseling is grounded in trauma-informed principles, recognizing that individual and relational healing often go hand in hand.

We understand that each partner brings their own history, attachment patterns, and emotional responses to the relationship, and we help couples navigate these complexities with compassion and understanding.

Our therapists are trained in evidence-based approaches including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), the Gottman Method, and attachment-based interventions. We focus on helping couples understand their cycle of interaction, identify underlying emotions and needs, and develop new patterns of connection and communication.

We create a safe therapeutic environment where both partners feel heard and validated. Our approach is non-judgmental and focuses on the relationship system rather than assigning blame. We help couples recognize how past experiences, including trauma, may be impacting their current relationship and provide tools for healing and growth together.

Whether you're facing communication challenges, trust issues, life transitions, parenting disagreements, or recovering from betrayal or trauma, our goal is to help you build a stronger, more resilient partnership. We work with couples at all stages of their relationship, from those seeking to prevent problems to those in crisis.

HOW IT CAN BENEFIT YOUR RELATIONSHIP

We meet clients where they are — emotionally, mentally, and developmentally — and tailor our support to meet their evolving needs.

✔ Improved communication and active listening skills

✔ Healing from past hurts and building trust

✔ Better conflict resolution and problem-solving abilities

✔ Deeper emotional intimacy and connection

✔ Stronger partnership in facing life's challenges together

✔ Enhanced understanding of each partner's needs and perspectives

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  • Sessions typically last 50-90 minutes, depending on your specific needs and therapeutic goals.

  • While it's ideal when both partners are equally invested, we can work with couples where one partner may be more hesitant initially. Often, commitment grows as the process unfolds.

  • We work with couples at all stages, including those considering separation. Sometimes therapy helps couples reconnect, and sometimes it helps them separate more amicably and healthily.

  • Conflict in sessions can actually be valuable therapeutic material. We help couples learn to navigate disagreements in healthier ways and use these moments for deeper understanding.

  • Yes, our therapists are trained to help couples work through complex issues, including betrayal trauma, addiction recovery, and other significant challenges.

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Take the first step toward a stronger partnership.