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Relationship & Couples Therapy
WHAT IS SCIENCE BASED THERAPY?
WHAT IS SCIENCE BASED THERAPY?
WHAT IS SCIENCE BASED THERAPY?
EVIDENCE BASED COUPLES AND RELATIONSHIP THERAPY
Strengthening Your Connection
Effective couples therapy is grounded in research while staying closely attuned to the lived experience of your relationship — how conversations unfold, how conflict escalates, and how connection is missed despite good intentions. The work is structured, but not rigid, focused on helping you and your partner strengthen emotional connection, rebuild trust, deepen intimacy, and clarify commitment.
Together, we focus on the patterns that keep you stuck: recurring arguments that go nowhere, moments of withdrawal or defensiveness, and attempts to connect that repeatedly miss the mark. Past experiences are addressed not to dwell on them, but to understand how they continue to shape the way you relate to one another in the present.
In therapy, your relationship is viewed as a dynamic system. Each partner’s reactions influence the other, often in ways that are difficult to see from the inside. Over time, these interactional patterns can begin to feel automatic and immovable. Therapy helps slow these moments down, creating space for clarity, understanding, and more intentional responses.
This work isn’t always comfortable. Change often requires letting go of familiar habits — blame, self-protection, emotional distance — even when they once served a purpose. The process is practical and focused, aimed at interrupting unhelpful cycles rather than endlessly revisiting the same conversations. With sustained effort, couples therapy can help create a relationship that feels steadier, more connected, and more supportive of both partners.
HOW TO START YOU SCIENCE BASED COUPLES THERAPY
WHAT IS SCIENCE BASED THERAPY?
WHAT IS SCIENCE BASED THERAPY?
Step 1: Schedule a free 10-minute discovery call at 412.853.2000 to answer any questions you have about evidence-based couples therapy.
Step 2: Book your first appointment. We’ll begin with an assessment of your relationship’s strengths, challenges, and barriers to growth, giving you a clear sense of where you are and what the work ahead will involve.
Step 3: Once you’re ready to commit, we’ll set realistic, practical, and meaningful goals—for both of you and the relationship—and create a customized action plan.
Step 4: Start your journey of growth and transformation. This is where the real work begins, with a focus on healing, intimacy, and building lasting connection.
Step 5: Put your growth into practice by developing skills to maintain the positive changes you’ve both worked to create.
Step 6: Live your revised relationship journey, becoming the strong, connected couple you’ve built together.
