Relationship Therapy
Online Couples Therapy in California and Florida
With the right tools, couples can grow together instead of growing apart. Couples therapy can be an incredible life force for relationships that feel stale, contentious, or even hopeless! Keep reading to learn how relationship therapy can help couples to identify negative cycles, resolve conflicts, and improve communication about sex and intimacy.
Is It Time To Consider Couples Therapy?
If you're already thinking about it, the answer is that it may be time to consider working on your relationship with help from a therapist. Many couples are apprehensive about starting relationship counseling because they think that seeking help means that their relationship has failed. In reality, many of the most successful and satisfying relationships happen because couples are willing to admit that they need to work on their communication. Relationship therapy may be for you if you'd like to achieve the following:
● Identify conflict cycles
● Learn to de-escalate conflicts
● Deepen your bond with your partner
● Feel seen, heard, understood, and valued in your relationship
● Gain a deeper understanding of your relationship dynamic
● Learn how to make your partner feel seen, heard, understood, and valued in your relationship
● Enjoy greater intimacy
● Learn effective coping skills
● Restore trust or intimacy
● Feel comfortable telling your partner what you need
At Liberate via Therapy, couples can explore all of the complicated aspects of their relationships that they struggle with in day-to-day life. My practice offers relationship therapy and sex therapy virtually in California and Florida. That means that you can experience professional couples counseling in a familiar setting from the comfort of home! Many busy couples find that online relationship counseling is the perfect fit!
Why Do I Need Couples Counseling?
You don't have to live with feeling bad about yourself, your partner, and your relationship. Explore the difference couples therapy can make!
There are many reasons why couples make the decision to seek counseling. In some cases, an event in the relationship puts couples in what feels like a make-or-break period. They want to use counseling to discover if there is a way forward following hurt, betrayal, or infidelity. Other couples are having trouble navigating their way through conflicts. Some just want to make the relationship they are committed to work better, feel better, and last longer! Here are some common reasons to consider virtual couples counseling with Liberate via Therapy:
● Communication is breaking down in your relationship
● You feel stuck in your relationship
● It seems like you argue over everything
● There is constant tension or conflict in your relationship
● You're having trouble agreeing on how to move forward in your relationship
● You would like to have a deeper connection with your partner
● One of you is struggling with sex addiction or sexual compulsions
● You'd like to find more sexual satisfaction in your relationship
● There is a breakdown of trust in the relationship
● Your relationship has been affected by infidelity or betrayal
In therapy, couples can explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a candid, confidential space. You may find that your experience in couples therapy inspires you to branch off into individual therapy that allows you to address issues that are making it hard for you to participate in your relationship.
What to Expect From Online Couples Therapy
Liberate via Therapy utilizes emotionally focused therapy (EFT) when helping couples to connect and communicate. Developed by Dr. Sue Johnson 40 years ago, EFT is a form of relationship counseling focused on improving a couple's relationship by reigniting the physical sparks and emotional bonds that drew them together. EFT draws heavily on research involving attachment theory. As you explore patterns of feelings and behaviors with your partner in couples therapy, you may begin to see the ways that your attachment with your primary caretaker in childhood still affects the way you relate to your partner today.
Ultimately, the insights gained in therapy can help you to learn how to be physically and psychologically responsive and receptive to your partner in a way that fosters a satisfying relationship. EFT has been given top standing by the American Psychological Association (APA). It is widely recognized as being the most effective form of evidence-based couples therapy!
Many couples begin the therapy process after coming to a place of severe distress, anger, and alienation. It's common to believe that a relationship is beyond saving. Through the therapy journey, couples are able to unwrap all of the emotions they are feeling to get to the root of why painful themes keep emerging within their dynamic. In some cases, experiences from childhood lead to strong feelings of abandonment and distrust. The person affected by these things then acts out emotions of being unlovable or helpless with their partner. This can cause the other partner to feel vilified or stifled. Of course, this is just one example of the many different ways that the experiences we bring to relationships can play out to cause conflict or misunderstandings.
My training in EFT enables me to help couples have transformative experiences that allow them to view conflicts and arguments differently. By identifying negative cycles, couples can better understand the dynamics that are creating tension, resentment, and distrust. When offering couples therapy, I integrate my expertise in cross-cultural/multi-ethnic, bi-racial, queer, sex-positive, and pleasure-focused studies to help my clients explore all aspects of their relationships. Liberate via Therapy offers queer couples therapy in a space of safety, sensitivity, and understanding.
Get Started With Online Couples Therapy in California or Florida
I know that making the decision to start couples therapy can feel like a big commitment. You may also be dealing with a partner who is reluctant to embrace the idea of speaking with a relationship therapist. That's why I make the process of exploring couples therapy easy by offering free 15-minute consultations! Let's connect online to help you determine if couples therapy is an avenue you and your partner want to explore. Book your online counseling consultation today right here!