The purpose of couples psychotherapy is to achieve better communication, increase trust, enhance intimacy, and deal with issues that create discord in the relationship. Couples therapy works to understand underlying tension and how to address them to cultivate a positive, loving relationship.

Romantic relationships are difficult, and conflicts will inevitably arise in all partnerships. Relationships can end, and frequently do, whether it’s due to an affair or betrayal of trust, issues with money, shifting desires within the relationship, divergent ideas, or continual arguing. The area of conflict can only sometimes be solved with the intervention of a specialist as the couple are unable to resolve it on their own. Initially, both individuals attend sessions together with the option to have private discussions later on.

Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT) identifies the negative, rigid interaction patterns that typify couple relationships suffering from emotional separation and insecure attachment. EFT formulates ways for new and positive experiences to change the nature of the interactional drama.

The focus of psychodynamic therapy is on the unconscious level to identify why we repeat behavior patterns and make decisions that are not beneficial to the individual nor the relationship.

When relationships are characterized by distress and destructive conflicts, it can be injurious to psychological health. Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) is structured talk therapy that helps romantic partners decrease negative elements by reframing thoughts and words and using problem-solving skills.

As mental health experts, we understand the impact that relationship distress can have on the individuals and the family environment. Through couples and family therapy and online couples therapy, the Your Local Psychiatrist team supports and helps partners, and children address problems that affect each person as well as the unit as a whole.

Your Local Psychiatrist team of family psychotherapists work together with couples and individuals, during an in-person or online session, to do a thorough assessment of the relationship. This helps us establish the goals that you and your partner want to achieve through therapy.

In a safe and controlled environment, our therapy techniques equip couples with relationship wellness tools, so we can collaborate on resolving dysfunctional issues within the relationship.