Weekly Couples Therapy: Delving into Fundamental Challenges
If you’re seeking to delve into the fundamental, underlying causes of your challenges, then this couples therapy service is tailored for you. This service is recommended if you find yourselves grappling with multiple questions rather than just one or two primary issues.
Rebuild Your Relationship
Comprehensive Exploration for Lasting Progress
Couples are encouraged to initially meet on a weekly basis, allowing for a dedicated space to address core issues. This consistent engagement provides the necessary time and opportunity for meaningful progress. As positive changes begin to take root, the frequency of appointments can gradually be extended.
A Deeper Journey Towards Healing
This approach often leads to a more extended duration in therapy compared to the solutions-focused, the 3-day Workshop option. It enables a thorough examination of the challenges you face, fostering a deeper understanding and facilitating long-lasting transformation.
Your Well-being is a Top Priority
As your therapist, I firmly believe in tackling the challenges in your relationship – sooner rather than later. Couples therapy can empower you both to navigate your difficulties with greater insight and resilience. Rest assured, your well-being (individually and relationally) is my priority.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions or would like to book a session. Remember, this couples therapy service is designed to provide you with the tools and support you need to cultivate a healthier, more fulfilling relationship.
Couples therapy is provided on-site in Fort Collins or virtually through your client portal as well.
Client Success Stories
Main Goal Addressed: Rebuilding Trust
Ashlynn owns an online beauty boutique and Justin is a C-level manager for a manufacturing company. Ashlynn started her business shortly after graduating from high school because she had always desired to be self-reliant before starting a family. Following the launch of the business, she married a long-time boyfriend and they have one child together. That marriage had since ended in divorce and she has now been married to Justin for 8 years. Justin went to school to study business and received a wonderful internship opportunity.
He now works for that same company as a C-level manager overseeing the operations of multiple manufacturing facilities in the area. In coming to therapy, they said their biggest problem was a lack of trust since Ashlynn kept some of her assets secret from Justin since he has a history of heavy gambling addiction. Justin has not gambled since a few months into their relationship and said he gave it up when he saw a future with Ashlynn and wanted to get out of debt from that addiction and student loans.
In therapy, we first needed to address the lack of trust. According to research completed at The Gottman Institute, the #1 reason why therapy is ineffective is a lack of trust between partners. Couples can learn many tools in therapy; however, a lack of trust will keep the couple from actually implementing these new tools. To rebuild trust, we addressed some of her lingering questions about Justin’s past with gambling and also addressed her automatic preservation responses.
This was especially strong for Ashlynn when talking about her child’s future. When we established more trust, we then moved on to rebuilding intimacy – and I mean the full spectrum of intimacy! This included ways for them to take conversations deeper, how to talk about their fears together, increase physical touch, and explore their sexual preferences.
Main Goal Addressed: Repair After An Affair & Connection
Michael is in real estate and Kelli is a stay-at-home mother. Michael started his real estate career and subsequent business later in life and has seen 10x growth each year for the past 5 years. With this significant growth, the business has continual staffing needs that are not being met. Following the birth of their first two children, Kelli left the workforce to provide full-time care to the family.
They are thankful for the growing business; however, their marriage did not adapt to this growth. In the little time they’ve spent together over the past 5 years, their communication was primarily focused on the logistics of their schedules. In addition, Michael had an extramarital, sexual affair with an ex-girlfriend.
In therapy, we followed The Couple’s Workshop’s procedure for addressing affairs which includes understanding what happened, why it happened, and what is needed moving forward. Following this procedure, we learned about the past trauma from their childhoods. For Kelli, she expressed not receiving emotional connection and support from her parents. Michael disclosed physical abuse from a stepparent for many years.
This was important to explore because these same themes came out in their arguments. Kelli desired an emotional connection to Michael which included wanting to be heard, validated, and understood on a deeper, intimate level. Michael desired wanting to feel appreciated for how much work he put into the business which provided many opportunities for his family and his team.
Service Differences
The 2-Day Workshop is for couples who want to take their relationship to the next level. This tool-based workshop comes with a 70-page workbook targets communication skills, conflict management strategies, and activities to reignite your intimacy.
Weekly couples therapy is for couples who want to explore their challenges to understand why things are happening. In weekly therapy, you are able to learn more about one another with processing time in between each week.