Couples therapy is a powerful tool for improving communication, increasing trust and deepening intimacy in relationships. Surprisingly, nearly half of couples who enter couples therapy do so with the goal of determining if the relationship is viable enough to continue. But couples therapy can also lead to individual and personal growth and greater self-awareness. The goal of therapy is to have a deeper understanding of your own needs and the needs of your partner.
By exploring areas of your life that aren't entirely satisfying, you can learn a lot about yourself. Marriage is hard work, and couples therapy requires the participation, will, and commitment of both members of the couple to achieve optimal results. Studies show that more than 93% of couples said that the work they did in therapy gave them strategic tools to better manage conflicts in their relationship. The American Marriage and Family Association conducted research that shows that more than 97% of the couples surveyed feel that they received the help they needed through couples therapy.
Premarital counseling helps couples strengthen the foundations of their relationship, improve their communication skills, and learn to handle disagreements in a healthy way. In future sessions, couples should continue learning to understand each other's desires, feelings, and thoughts. Couples therapy can help improve communication skills so that you can better communicate with your partner more effectively and productively. Couples often experience revelations that improve their understanding of their current relationship when they explore their genogram.
Couples usually schedule appointments only when the chill in their relationship has reached pneumonia-like proportions. It took me time and many hours of training to learn that couples therapy is not individual therapy with two people, nor is it a small version of group therapy. A major benefit of couples therapy is that you can begin to truly understand the dynamics of your relationship. If you want to start improving your relationship with your partner, connect with a licensed couples therapist on Talkspace today.
