Your couples counseling therapist will assist you to gain a better understanding of each other through the use of:

• Family of origin work
• Love languages
• Conflict styles
• Communication skills
• Personality types
• Mental health issues
• Trauma histories
• The Gottman method
• Prepare and Enrich

It is never "too early" for couples therapy, but sadly, it is sometimes "too late." There's a common misconception that couples therapy is only for couples that have "intense" problems and that the time to start is when your relationship is on the brink of extinction, when it needs to be "saved." We encourage you to come in and meet with one of our couples therapists much sooner than that. Our goal is to help your relationship stay on the right track or get back on track before you reach a point of desperation. Chances are, you’ve noticed red flags along the way—feeling unheard or unable to connect with your partner, a lack of emotional or physical intimacy, concerns about substance use or mental and physical health, or difficulty parenting together in a way that feels supportive and nurturing. Our primary relationships have both the potential to bring us the biggest pain as well as the biggest joy in our lives. Consider couples therapy and give your relationship the time and energy it deserves. As human beings, we are built for connection. Not only are we programmed for it, but without it, we would not survive. This is no surprise to many of us, yet still we devote our time, energy, and resources into everything else, ahead of our primary relationships. We give "our all" to our jobs, our kids, our communities, our hobbies, and then whatever happens to be left at the end of the day, might be saved for our partners. This is sustainable, for short periods of time, but if it becomes the norm, these relationships are often stressed, strained, and even severed. By definition, “couples” implies that the work is about the relationship between you and your significant other. Schedule a couples therapy appointment in either our Chaska or Golden Valley office today.