Couples
Therapy

What is couples therapy?

 

Couples therapy is a kind of psychotherapy designed to assist a couple in resolving issues, understanding their bond, and forging healthy interpersonal connections. To help the couple achieve their goals, the therapist employs a variety of therapeutic strategies and interventions.

 

Many couples seek couples therapy because they are facing a specific issue, such as communication problems, problems with sex, affairs, or breakup considerations. Its main goal is to aid couples in "un sticking from painful dynamics that keep repeating."

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Who should seek couples counselling?

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Any relationship can benefit from couples counselling, including:

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• Gay or straight partnerships

• relationships between races

• College or young teen partnerships

• relationships with a big age difference

• any stage of a relationship, whether it be dating, engaged, or married

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For instance, premarital counselling services could be a priceless chance for a freshly engaged couple to discuss relationship expectations before to marriage. Another 25-year-old couple might find that marriage counselling works well to rekindle the romance and excitement in their union.

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Couples therapy can even help a happy couple get through a transitional or stressful time, stop problems from getting worse, or just give them a "check-up."

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What takes place in couples counselling?

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Couples therapy typically entails discussing marital difficulties as a couple with a third person (your therapist) who is qualified to assist you in identifying the root of the problem. The therapist will pose particular questions to help couples communicate more effectively and honestly, gain a deeper understanding of one another's thoughts and feelings, and create fresh strategies for handling disputes. Instructed activities for couples are another possibility. 

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The initial counselling session often starts with basic interview questions concerning the history of the relationship. You'll probably delve deeply into the backgrounds, values, and cultures of each partner as well. If necessary, the therapist or marriage counsellor may do crisis intervention during the initial sessions. The topics that will be the focus of treatment may also be started by the therapist. Setting treatment objectives and the format for each counselling session in this way is successful.

The therapist will assist the couple in gaining understanding of the factors that are producing issues in the relationship while they are in therapy. They'll help the couple see their individual role  in unproductive conversations.

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What are the common issues addressed in couples therapy?

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• Money

• Parenting

• Sex

• Infidelity

• In-laws

• Friends

• Chronic health issues

• Infertility

• Gambling

• Past trauma

• Substance use

• Emotional distance

• Frequent conflict

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How long does it typically last?

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Couples therapy lasts until the couple has resolved the issues that were proving to be a roadblock in their relationship and both the partners now understand how to resolve conflicts that may appear to occur in the future.

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