Couple Therapy
At Smart Therapy PC, couples therapy is a personalized and confidential process where you and your partner work together with a skilled therapist to explore your relationship dynamics, improve communication, and resolve conflicts. Our therapists are trained to help you understand the underlying issues affecting your relationship and develop strategies to strengthen your bond and achieve mutual growth.
What is Couples Therapy?
Couples therapy, also known as marriage or relationship counseling, is a process where partners work together with a trained therapist in a safe, caring, and confidential environment. This service is designed to help couples explore their feelings, beliefs, and behaviors, work through challenging or influential experiences, improve communication, resolve conflicts, and enhance their relationship satisfaction.
Benefits of Couples Therapy:
Improved Communication: Learn effective communication skills to better express your thoughts and feelings.
Conflict Resolution: Develop strategies to resolve conflicts in a healthy and constructive manner.
Enhanced Intimacy: Strengthen emotional and physical intimacy in your relationship.
Mutual Understanding: Gain deeper insights into each other’s perspectives and emotional responses.
Relationship Skills: Acquire tools to manage relationship stressors and improve overall relationship quality.
Our Approach:
Our therapists use a variety of evidence-based approaches to ensure the most effective treatment for each couple. These may include:
Gottman Method: Based on research, this method helps couples build stronger relationships through improved communication, conflict management, and emotional connection.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): helps couples identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors that impact their relationship.
Common Issues Addressed in Couples Therapy:
Communication Problems: Techniques to enhance verbal and non-verbal Communication.
Conflict and Disagreements: Strategies to manage and resolve conflicts effectively.
Intimacy Issues: Addressing emotional and physical intimacy challenges.
Trust and Infidelity: Healing from breaches of trust and rebuilding the relationship.
Parenting Challenges: Navigating Parenting roles and responsibilities.
Life Transitions: Guidance through significant life changes affecting the relationship, such as career changes, relocation, or retirement.
What to Expect:
During your first session, your therapist will ask questions to understand your concerns, goals, and what you hope to achieve through therapy. Together, you will create a treatment plan that outlines the steps you will take toward your personal growth and well-being.
Convenient Payment Options
We strive to keep our mental health services affordable for our clients by utilizing the following options:
Health insurance – We accept Healthfirst, Metroplus, 1199, Carelon/Emblem/GHI, Aetna, United Health Care, Oxford, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Optum, and Cigna
Our goal is to provide you with the highest standard of care, while also offering the most convenient payment options so the cost of therapy doesn’t add to the anxiety you come to us to cope with.
