Couples & Marriage Therapy

Here at Clear Path Therapy, we believe in the power of connection.

You and your partner may have lost the connection you once had.

It happens. 

It happens through a lack of communication, conflict, infidelity, life stressors, and the list goes on.

Don’t wait until you’re on the brink of divorce. Don’t wait until it feels as if you’re roommates.

Start couples therapy now and learn healthier ways to communicate, work through painful wounds and reconnect, making your relations.

Kelly Reel LMFT has completed:

  • Training in level 1 & 2 of Gottman Method Couples Therapy
  • Training in Treating Affairs and Trauma, from a Gottman approach
  • The externship for EFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples
  • Core Skills for EFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples
  • Attachment Injury Resolution Model (AIRM) for Couples

Gottman Method Couples Therapy is a skills based approach to marriage counseling. Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT) is an attachment based approach. Both of these therapeutic approaches are evidence based having demonstrated effectiveness through decades of clinical research.

 

What is couples therapy and is it the same thing as marriage counseling?

Couples therapy, marriage counseling, all of these words can be used interchangeably. You don’t have to be married to attend, just in a relationship. The therapeutic approaches used have been shown to dramatically improve relationship satisfaction, especially when both partners commit to the process. A variety of issues can be brought to couples counseling, a few of them being unresolved conflict, infidelity, and a lack of communication. You can attend at any stage of the relationship whether there is a specific problem to work on or whether you’re looking more for maintenance or enhancement of your connection.

What is couples therapy like?

Both partners will attend the first session for 90 minutes. In this session, we will get to know each other. I will also begin to hear your story–from how you fell in love to what made you start couples therapy.

During the second sessions, I will meet with each of you individually. Often times these one-on-one times can reveal helpful information and allow me to discover some background on you as an individual such as your attachment style and coping skills. The details of you as an individual and as a couple are equally important.

For all the sessions following, we will meet weekly or biweekly, schedule permitting, to begin looking at things such as patterns, healthier conflict resolution, deepening your connection through friendship and intimacy, and developing shared meaning and goals between you both.

So let’s get started on your path to a healthier relationship!