Navigating the Complex Terrain of Intimacy

Couples Therapy and Marriage Counseling in Delray Beach

 

Couples Are Often Slow to Seek Therapy

Generally speaking, even though couples therapy is often effective in improving relationships, most partners don’t seek professional help until they’ve tried just about everything else. Why are couples so slow to reach out for help?

Sometimes couples hesitate to seek therapy because their problem(s) seem so small, so simple, that an answer should be easy to agree to.  Or, conversely, sometimes the problems seem too big to fix, like all you do is “manage the issues” at the expense of just about everything else.

It is also common for one partner to want therapy and the other to feel less comfortable with the idea. Whether we convince ourselves that the issue is too small or too big, we often wait way longer than we need to accept outside support and guidance.

We Help Stuck Couples Move Forward

Breakwater Psychotherapy offers couples therapy services for all sorts of relationship concerns for partnerships at all stages.  If you and your partner are struggling to come to terms with something specific like a move, a new member of the family, or a change in life circumstances, our couples therapists can help. We will help you identify and utilize your strengths, skills, and resources to collaborate and find common ground you can rest in, and move forward from.

If your partnership is suffering from stressors and barriers that feel more persistent, intrusive, and impossible, we get it - not all relationship problems have a simple or singular answer.  Our providers are trained and ready to help you and your partner find common ground where it exists, and find sustainable ways to anticipate and mitigate those other times when “agreeing to disagree” just won’t do.  

How We Approach Couples Therapy

Our couples therapy services incorporate aspects of emotion-focused therapy, mindful communication skills, and pragmatic-experiential therapy.  This often includes:

  • learning and practicing proven communication skills in the moments when connecting is most difficult

  • applying new approaches to old problems

  • learning how to assert yourself with your loved one

Therapy sessions can help with issues like:

  • improving communication

  • improving or restoring intimacy

  • resolving resentment

  • overcoming infidelity

  • supporting each other through grief and trauma

Contact Us for a Free Couples Therapy Consult

If you and your partner are trying to find a solution, or fear you can’t find one and want to figure out how to make it work, reach out today to discuss your concerns and goals with our intake coordinator.  

All services start with a free, 15-minute phone consultation with one of our couples therapists to better understand your initial questions, concerns, and ideas about the services you are seeking. We will answer any questions you may have about the therapy process.

Wherever you are in your journey, we can help.  If you and your partner know what you need, or just know you need support, we encourage you to set up your free consult today. Or, if couples therapy isn’t what you want after all, feel free to check out our services for individuals.