Couples therapy in Palm Beach Gardens

You’re at a turningpoint in your relationship. You’re tired of having the same old arguments overand over, and you need someone to offer perspective. Couples counseling in PalmBeach Gardens can help you communicate effectively, manage your emotions, andunderstand each other so you both feel seen and heard.

We were rated as BestMarriage Counselor in Palm Beach Gardens by the Quality Business Awards andBest Mental Health Treatment Center and Best Private Mental Health Practice inPalm Beach County in the Palm Beach Post awards.

We understand that thethought of going to couple’s counseling can be scary. Youmight be asking yourself if your relationship can be saved or view couplestherapy as the last resort. Or maybe it is your partner who wants to trycouple’s therapy and you feel unsure about the relationship entirely.

Whatever the issue,therapy for couples in West Palm Beach is never a wasted effort. Couple’stherapy can help you feel heard and understood, can clarify issues, and teachcouples better ways of bonding and communicating.

All couples experienceconflict. It’s the way we move through and recover from these conflicts thatdetermines the health and future of our relationships. Learning to communicatein the right way about the right things can make a world of difference in yourrelationship!

We are trained in theGottman Method and Emotionally focused couples therapy.

General conflict

It’s common for couples to have different conflicts throughout their relationships. Some of these are able to be worked out together, but sometimes an objective third party can give us perspective and facilitate better communication. Don’t let problems, even small ones, fester and build up into something worse. Couple’s therapy in Palm Beach Gardens can help you resolve current conflict and avoid or manage future conflict.

Misaligned values

Couples can differ in some values, even if they are aligned in many ways. You might find you have very different opinions about how to raise children, how to handle family or aging family members, or how to make major plans for the future. Values misalignment can lead to big rifts in relationships. Couples counseling in Jupiter can help couples identify their values and differences, and find ways to stay connected even if they don’t always agree.

Premarital therapy

Premarital therapy helps you avoid problems before they begin. Marriage is a big endeavor of blending lives and upholding a huge commitment and responsibility to each other. We use the SYMBIS (Save Your Marriage Before It Starts) assessment – proven to help couples identify strengths and challenges. Your therapist will then work with you to build on your existing strengths as a couple and address challenges before they turn into problems so you can get married with peace of mind. Contact us to learn more about premarital therapy in Palm Beach County.

Communication challenges

The Gottman Method stresses respectful communication that helps couples connect and strengthen their relationship. Actions like defensiveness, blame, shutting your partner out, or completely shutting down during conflict can cause great harm to your relationship over time. The good thing is that communication skills can be learned. A couple’s therapist in Palm Beach Gardens can work with you to assess your current communication style and help you develop more productive ways of communicating.

Infidelity

Infidelity can tear down your relationship, but many couples find they can grow through this challenge and strengthen their relationship. Every couple is different. Infidelity affects partners similarly to a trauma. Thoughts, images, text messages, and such can continue to run through your head, leaving you constantly triggered. A couples therapist in Palm Beach Gardens can help you figure out how you want to proceed in your relationship after infidelity and give you tools for moving on, whether alone or together.

Addiction

Addiction issues can wreak havoc on your relationship. A partner who is struggling with addiction my lie, hide things from their partner, become unreliable, or even become mean or violent while under the influence. This can cause the other partner to feel worried and afraid and feel like they are in the relationship all alone. We have couple’s therapists in Palm Beach Gardens ready to help you navigate how to handle addiction issues in your relationship.

Sexual issues

A mismatch in sexual desire and preferences can be challenging in a romantic relationship. It can feel like you are never on the same page or starting to drift apart. This can be a tough topic for couples to discuss but a trained professional can help. Our sex therapists in Palm Beach Gardens can help you understand each other better, communicate more effectively, and learn to work out your relationship differences and bridge the gap.

Coparenting

Coparenting therapy in Palm Beach County is designed to help parents who are separated or divorced effectively parent their children. Our coparenting therapists in Jupiter help with conflict resolution, communication, and setting parenting goals. Sessions can be held in person in our Palm Beach Gardens office or through telehealth.

Challenges with in-laws

Sometimes, in-laws can get in the way of healthy marriages, whether they want to or not. They can meddle in relationships, offer child rearing advice where it isn’t needed, demand time from one of the partners causing strain in the marriage, or even demand that partners choose sides between their family or marriage. Whatever the problem is, a marriage counselor in Palm Beach Gardens can help you get aligned with how you want to handle your in-laws      while maintaining healthy relationships all around.

Financial misalignment

Couples can have different spending habits and financial goals. Finances are known to be one of the biggest obstacles that couples face, often forcing many couples apart. While you might have different values and habits when it comes to money, a couples counselor in West Palm Beach can help you communicate better about finances and create a plan for working together instead of against each other.

Challenges with home structure     (chores, etc.)

Chores are one of the biggest things couples argue about. When people have different concepts about who does the chores, what chores need to be done, how to do chores, and how to time chores. Although it might not seem like a lot, misalignment on chores and how to run a household can drive couples apart. A marriage counselor in Jupiter can help couples find harmony and understand each other so they can have a more fair distribution of labor in the household.

Love languages

The love languages refer to how we give and receive love and include acts of service, quality time, words of affirmation, physical touch, and gifts. Understanding your own love languages (how you feel loved) and your partner’s love languages (what makes them feel loved), can help you meet each other’s needs. A couple’s therapist in Jupiter can help you identify your love languages and learn how to use them to strengthen your relationship.

Adjusting to new baby, parenting,     etc.

Having a baby can be so exciting but it’s also a life-changing event. Having a first baby or a new baby can lead to changes in your own mental health and physical health, and changes in your relationship. Having children redefines how you see yourself as a couple and couples often experience the most stress and dissatisfaction after becoming parents. Seeing a couple’s counselor in Palm Beach Gardens when you are expecting or after having your baby can help you identify and address any challenges so you can have a fulfilling relationship and family life.

Life transitions

Life brings many changes, like children leaving home, a medical diagnosis, changes in jobs, caring for aging parents, etc. Changes, good or bad, can cause a lot of stress and sometimes we don’t even notice how much stress has been piling up. That puts us at risk of taking stress out on our partners, or drifting away from them. Couples therapy in West Palm Beach can help you navigate life changes together and come out stronger.