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Why Couples Fight and How to Stop It

Why Couples Fight and How to Stop It
What to Do When Your Relationship Feels Like a Lot of Work: Relationships can be a lot of work, especially when hidden resentments remain unexpressed or when one or both partners begin to feel a lack of connection. Oftentimes such unexpressed needs or feelings can lead to a perpetual cycle of negativity where both partners…
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Emotion is the Music of Our Relationship

Emotion is the Music of Our Relationship
  A relationship is like a dance. One partner puts their feet in response to where the other puts theirs. And the tune we dance to is almost entirely made up of emotions... When one partner says: "Why do we never go on dates anymore?" they are communicating an emotion. Depending on their tone of…
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4 Destructive Habits to Avoid in Your Relationship

4 Destructive Habits to Avoid in Your Relationship
4 Destructive Habits to Avoid in Your Relationship:     Couples researcher and therapist John Gottman has studied the characteristics of couples who are in successful relationships, and also couples who are in relationships that ultimately fail. What he has found is that couples who end up separating or divorcing, engage much more often in…
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Why I Like Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)

Why I Like Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) is an approach to working with couples, which we adopt at Better Couples Therapy as our primary approach to strengthening relationship bonds between partners. The approach was invented by Susan Johnson and Les Greenberg, two prominent psychologists and researchers in Canada, who argued that emotions are our most fundamental way…
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When to Consider Marriage Counseling?

When to Consider Marriage Counseling?
Many couples think of marriage counseling as a last resort to be considered only when you are on the verge of divorce. Only when couples have exhausted all other options, do they finally throw up their hands and ask for outside help. Many times, however, this might mean that one partner already has a foot…
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Get FREE Couples Guide

Get FREE Couples Guide
In 'The Secrets of Happy Couples: A User's Guide to a More Fulfilling Relationship', Dr. Rune Moelbak teaches you the secrets couples therapists know about how to make relationships work
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What Will We Get Out of Couples Therapy?

Most couples problems stem from underlying relationship insecurities. When we feel criticized or unappreciated by our partner, we often focus our energy on defending ourselves, and begin to share less of ourselves with our partner. Couples therapy helps to uncover the negative patterns in which we have gotten stuck, and helps partners feel safer to…
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Do You Accept Insurance?

Most health insurance plans do not provide coverage for couples therapy and we do not work directly with any insurance company. Some health insurance plans allow you to see a therapist out-of-network and will reimburse you up to 80% of your expenses when you submit your therapy receipts. We are happy to provide you with…
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How Many Sessions Do We Need?

Although you can certainly benefit from attending just a few sessions, the typical treatment length is between 10 - 20 sessions depending on severity of issues. It has taken you a long time to develop negative interaction patterns, and you will have to relearn ways to connect that will at first seem hard to implement.…
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What Happens in Couples Therapy?

Couples Therapy usually consist of an assessment phase where areas of strength and struggle in the relationship are assessed. Once the assessment has been completed a tailored treatment plan will be shared with you and an estimate of the length of treatment discussed. The following sessions will consist a number of different interventions aimed at…
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What Kind of Couples Go to Couples Therapy?

Couples therapy is for every couple interested in investing in a better relationship. A common misunderstanding is that going to see a couples therapist is a sign of failure. The opposite may in fact be true. Statistics show that most relationships fail if left to their own devices. 40-50% of married couples divorce, and of…
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