Couples Counseling

Couples Counseling

Couples therapy at RCBM is a collaborative process designed to help partners build stronger, healthier relationships. Whether you're facing specific challenges or simply looking to enhance your connection, RCBM’s couples therapists offer a supportive environment for partners to learn how to engage with each other more effectively. You and your partner will learn to identify unhelpful communication patterns, recognize how you trigger one another, and develop strategies to manage negative emotions. Committing to couples therapy is a courageous step toward healing, growth, and creating the kind of relationship you both desire. Whether you're experiencing high conflict, feeling emotionally distant, or simply want to fine-tune your connection, couples therapy can be a powerful and effective resource for lasting relationship health.

Who is couples therapy for?

Couples therapy can be suitable for any relationship. It’s most common for married partners to seek couples therapy, but it can help improve any relationship. Relationships between parents and children, siblings, co-workers, friends, and relatives can all be improved through couples therapy.

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What can we expect in couples counseling?

For couples counseling to be effective, it’s essential that each person be willing to look at their contribution to the dysfunction between them. Although it is common for each member of the dyad to build a strong case for why the other person should change, for any relationship to improve, it’s imperative that each person focus on what they can do differently to build a more respectful and satisfying relationship.  

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How can we get the most out of couples counseling?

It’s crucial for the success of therapy that each person consider what they hope to accomplish in each session and actively choose a focus for the day. It is helpful when each person reflects on the outcome they desire from each session. To help you better understand our approach to working with couples, we have created this document to provide some insight into what you can expect during our work together. In addition, here is a recommended reading list for couples.

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FAQs

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Marni Stone, LMSW, is a graduate of the Couples Institute. In this video, she discusses how she can help couples and families with communication skills, coping techniques, patterns of interaction, and other important areas of stress.

Meet the Providers Who Offer Care for Couples Counseling