We Offer Compassion
Becoming parents is often the most challenging and stressful life transition couples face. The expectations and stresses placed on couples and families can take a toll on this most fundamental relationship. As they’re learning to meet their infant’s needs, the needs of the parents as individuals and as a couple often fall by the wayside. Research shows that during the first years of parenthood, the quality of a couple’s relationship tends to plummet. Relationship conflict and decline in satisfaction can adversely affect parent-infant attachment, child development, family interaction patterns, and overall quality of life. If you are parents struggling to balance the needs of a new baby with your needs as a partnership, early intervention can help.
We Have Expertise
Our clinicians practice Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, developed primarily by Dr. Sue Johnson. EFT addresses disruption in the fundamental relationship bond that can occur when couples get caught in a cycle of escalating negative interaction that, once started, becomes difficult to break. In therapy, couples learn to identify their particular negative interaction pattern while also taking responsibility as individuals for their part in this cycle. The couple then learns steps toward a new, positive cycle of interaction. Research shows that 70-75% of couples who work within this type of therapy move from distress to recovery, and approximately 90% show significant improvements in these areas.
We Emphasize Wellness
People in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy report feeling greater harmony and security in their relationship and are generally more at ease knowing they can find emotional safety with their partner. Over the course of therapy, couples experience their love growing as they find or rediscover deep interpersonal engagement and confidence in their relationship bond.