At Nellie, we offer specialized couple counseling to help navigate transitions, overcome obstacles, and improve communication with your partner.
Our experienced therapists provide a safe and supportive environment where each partner can openly express their thoughts and feelings, allowing you to feel valued and understood.
Our relationships with our partners are often the closest and most significant connections we have in our lives. When issues arise within these relationships, it can be especially overwhelming and challenging to navigate on our own. Seeking couple counseling at Nellie provides a supportive space where you and your partner can address these issues and work towards positive change.
There are a number of specific reasons why people might seek couple counseling, including:
The decision to seek couple / marital counseling is a significant step toward positive change and growth. At Nellie, we believe that there is no “right” time, as each couple’s journey is unique. However, if you and your partner are experiencing persistent conflicts, communication breakdowns, or a sense of disconnection in your relationship, it may be a good time to consider counseling.
When you embark on couple counseling, you and your partner will first meet with a Nellie provider for an initial assessment appointment. This appointment will be used to collect important information about your relationship history, presenting problems, and goals for the future. In the following weeks, you and your partner will meet with your Nellie therapist for sessions, typically on a weekly basis.
Providers at Nellie offer various effective treatments that can be used to help couples navigate their difficulties and arrive at effective solutions. These treatment approaches include:
EFT for couples focuses on helping individuals and their partners in identifying, understanding, and expressing their emotions to one another. Through this process, couples come to understand how their emotions can drive problematic patterns of communication and behavior, paving the way to build healthier and more satisfying relationships.
Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy is a form of therapy designed to help couples improve their relationships by addressing negative patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to relationship distress. In this form of therapy, you and your partner may learn new communication skills, problem-solving techniques, and strategies for resolving conflict. You will also learn to become aware of, and challenge, common thought patterns that are no longer serving the relationship.
IBCT focuses on helping couples improve their relationships by addressing both behavioral patterns and emotional dynamics in the relationship. IBCT is unique in that it helps couples work toward both behavioral change (e.g., identifying and changing problematic communication patterns), while also helping couples foster acceptance and tolerance for differences between them that cannot easily be changed. Instead of trying to eliminate these differences, IBCT aims to help couples accept and manage them in a healthy way.
At Nellie, we strongly believe in the power and beauty of diversity. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for individuals and couples of all backgrounds, orientations, and relationship configurations.
We embrace and celebrate the richness that comes from the unique experiences and perspectives each person brings to their relationship.
