Reconnect, Communicate, and Build the Relationship You Both Deserve.
What Is Couples Therapy?
Couples therapy is a collaborative space for you and your partner to explore what’s working, what’s not, and what the relationship needs to heal and grow. Your therapist will help you uncover the patterns shaping your dynamic and guide you toward deeper understanding, stronger communication, and healthier connection.
We work with couples in all stages, dating, engaged, newly married, long-term, rebuilding after rupture, navigating neurodivergence, or exploring identity changes.
Our approach is non-judgmental, inclusive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, sex-positive, and culturally responsive.
Couples Therapy Can Help You With:
Communication & Connection
- Feeling unheard or misunderstood
- Repeating the same conflicts
- Difficulty expressing needs and boundaries
Trust & Repair
- Healing after infidelity or betrayal
- Rebuilding emotional safety
- Restoring closeness after a rupture
Intimacy & Sexual Wellness
- Desire differences
- Sexual concerns or disconnection
- Navigating mismatched intimacy needs
Life Transitions
- Moving in together / marriage
- Parenting or blended families
- Career changes, relocation, or major stressors
Identity & Cultural Dynamics
- LGBTQIA+ relationships
- Cross-cultural partnerships
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Navigating neurodivergent relationship needs
(ADHD, autism, sensory differences)
Our Approach to Couples Therapy
We draw from approaches such as:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Gottman-informed methods
Attachment-based and relational therapy
Sex-positive and gender-affirming frameworks
Culturally attuned and trauma-informed principles
Strengths-based and communication-focused interventions
What to Expect in Couples Therapy
01. A Collaborative First Session
We’ll learn what brings you in, understand your goals, and begin exploring your relationship dynamics in a judgment-free space.
02. Identifying Patterns
Your therapist will help you see the cycles that keep you stuck, and why they happen.
03. Skill-Building & Insight
You’ll learn practical communication tools and gain deeper emotional understanding of each other.
04. Repair, Reconnection & Growth
Over time, couples experience more closeness, clearer communication, stronger trust, and renewed partnership.
Start Your Healing as a Couple
Therapy can help you break old patterns, rediscover closeness, and build a relationship grounded in understanding, trust, and love.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Your therapist’s role is to support the relationship, not to judge, assign blame, or take sides. We help each of you feel seen, heard, and understood.
It’s common for partners to have different perspectives or goals. We help you explore those differences with honesty and clarity so you can make informed, compassionate decisions together.
Not at all. Many couples use therapy as a proactive space to improve communication, deepen intimacy, or prepare for big life transitions.
Yes, many couples successfully rebuild after betrayal. Healing takes time, care, and patience, and therapy provides the structure and support needed for repair.
Every therapist and approach is different. Our style is warm, structured, and deeply relational. Many couples have breakthroughs after finding a therapist who truly fits their needs.
Yes, we provide secure teletherapy for couples across Illinois and in-person sessions in our Lisle/Naperville office.