What to Expect from the Clinicians at Great South Bay Therapy, LCSW PC
Relationships and connection help us to feel more satisfied and fulfilled as people. Unfortunately, maintaining healthy relationships isn’t always easy. It takes a lot of skills, sacrifice, and work to build and maintain healthy relationships. Each person has many kinds of relationships – familial, friendships, work colleagues, etc. Romantic relationships can be some of the most fulfilling, but they can also be difficult, heartbreaking, and stressful. If you’re struggling within your relationship or you always seem to have difficulty making relationships work, therapy can help. As people, we’re made to be connected to each other, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy or that it comes naturally. Working with one of our therapists for couples therapy, you can start learning better ways to communicate, develop deeper bonds, and live a more purposeful life together.
Why Should We Consider Couples Therapy?
There are many reasons why people consider couples therapy, and our knowledgeable therapists can offer evidence-based approaches to help couples grow closer together. Some of the most common reasons people give for scheduling couples therapy include:
- Premarital counseling – this is a great way to start your marriage off on the right foot and talk through those high conflict issues before you tie the knot. Exploring goals around finances, parenting, careers, intimacy, and other relevant issues can help create a strong, healthy relationship built on trust, common goals, and commitment. Maintaining healthy relationships – even if your relationship seems good, therapy can help you develop stronger bonds, avoid relationship pitfalls, and grow closer together.
- Healing after a betrayal – whether there’s been infidelity, lying, or other betrayals, it can seem insurmountable to rebuild your relationship. If you and your partner are committed to healing, it is possible to move forward together even after a betrayal, and therapy can help you through this process.
- Getting past bickering and fights – many people find themselves having the same arguments over and over. This happens as a result of patterns and habits that develop over time and slowly chip away at the joy and friendship couples deserve. Therapy can help you explore your behavior patterns and habits and explore the ways in which they interfere with fulfilling connections.
- Family struggles – Parenting, Co-Parenting, blended families, aging parents, illness, addiction and and other extended family stressors can be an incredible source of pain and stress for couples. Therapy can offer a safe space to discuss coping strategies, get emotional support, concrete resources, and manage crisis.
Can Counseling Help Our Relationship?
The American Psychological Association states that couples therapy can be roughly 75% effective at restoring relationships when evidenced based approaches are utilized. Therapy is most effective when both partners are willing to explore relationship issues and examine their own patterns and behaviors. Couples therapy can help you learn to communicate more clearly, empathize with your partner, set healthy boundaries, and improve the ways you can bond with each other.
What Happens During Couples Therapy?
Couples therapy sessions will vary based on the needs of your relationship. We utilize the Gottman Method of relationship therapy as well as other research based relationship frameworks. Some of the goals of the Gottman Method include increasing closeness and friendship behaviors, addressing conflict productively, and building a life of shared meaning together.
We’re Here When You’re Ready
We understand that asking for help can feel like a big step, but we are so happy that you’re considering reaching out to us. When you’re ready, the Great South Bay Therapy team is here to help. We offer therapy services to help you achieve your individual goals, build better relationships, and increase your self-esteem and self-compassion. When you’re ready, we’re here for you. Don’t hesitate to reach out.