Couple’s Therapy

Relationships can be challenging. Within the context of couple’s therapy, there are many reasons for seeking the assistance of a therapist. Most commonly, a couple will seek counselling when their relationship is in crisis as a last effort to rescue this investment, but a relationship tune-up can also have the outcome of strengthening and enriching a healthy relationship. At Christensen Therapy and Family Services, we invite you to enter a neutral space where both voices can be heard and understood.

Your therapist will utilize the research-based, Gottman Method of Couple’s Therapy developed by John and Julie Gottman. Working with you and your partner, we will focus on:

• strengthening your relationship

• deepening your friendship

• enhancing romance

• identifying problems, strengths, and shared meaning

Further, using Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy your therapist will help you explore emotional responsiveness within your relationship and adult attachment. Johnson’s theory states that underneath all of the conflict, couple’s want to know three things:

1) Are you there for me?

2) Do I and my feelings matter to you?

3) Will you respond to me when I need you?” 

Repairing the emotional disconnection is possible!

Coparenting

Going through a separation or divorce can be difficult, not just for the parents, but for the children as well. Coparenting is often mishandled with hurt feelings and displaced anger; children suffering the greatest consequences of intimate partner breakdown.

Coparenting doesn’t need to be a time of conflict. At Christensen Therapy and Family Services, your therapist will work with both parents to develop respectful dialogue, define boundaries, and create an amicable relationship for the wellbeing of your child(ren).