What Is Couple Therapy ?


Couple therapy is a type of physiotherapy in which the therapist helps the couple to solve the conflict between them and get back them in a romantic relationship. If there is a conflict, trust issue, or any other problem between the couple which creates distance between them, then they have to take Marriage Couples Therapy Services or Family & Couple Therapy Services, or Family Life Counseling Services. If damage in your relationship is already done, the emotional bond between the couple has been weaker than the therapy takes a long time to solve the problems. There are endless problems in a couple's life when they need couple counseling. Couples take counseling services when in the past, they had a loving relationship and now in their life, there are irreconcilable differences and they want to fix the differences.

In Couple therapy services some elements are involved in treatment. Such as if there is any problem like sexual difficulties, Internet addiction, or jealousy, if yes then what can be the solution, how the therapist solves their conflict, and so on. Couple therapy is not only for married couples. It also includes straight or gay relationships, interracial relationships, young teen or college relationships, relationships with a large age gap, or the relationship of the engaged couple. If your current relationship is shaky then divorce is not the only solution. Couple counseling can help your struggling relationship to back into improvement mode.

Here is a process which therapist prefers during couple therapy

  • In the first step of the first session, the therapist takes an assessment of the couple in which they collect some useful information such as the number of years of their relationship, current living situation, family background, and so on. The therapist provides a chance for the couple to share their problems and comfortable with them.
  • In the next step or in the next session, which issues are identified by the therapist in the previous talk, they start treatment according to that with the couple. They suggest a couple to communicate. 
  • During the phase of treatment, the therapist gains the trust of the couple and helps couples to change their perspective in their partner.
  • Although gaining trust back between the couple is a bit tricky process, but therapist helps them to change behaviors and ways of interacting with each other and helps to gain back that lost trust.
  • The therapist also gives some exercise to do such as ask couple face to face questions, give appreciation to each other. With the help of this exercise, couples started rebuilding warm feelings and trust.
  • At the end of couple therapy, the couple understands their role, start communicating, share their problems, romance again comes into their life. Overall their relationship will be very much improved.

If you want to contact an experienced therapist for couple therapy, family counseling then you can contact us, The Friendswood Center for Couples and Families. We have experience therapists to solve your problems and provide their services in the areas of Friendswood, Pearland, League City, and other surrounding cities. If you want to gather more information about us, you can click on our website link http://www.friendswoodfamilies.com/


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