Couples Therapy
$285-$300/session
*sliding scale slots to $235 limited to availability
When couples feel heard & understood by one another, they naturally soften their defenses and develop a closeness that strengthens the relationship.
Being in an intimate relationship is one of the most fulfilling yet most challenging endeavors of a lifetime. At its best, a relationship can be a safe and loving place where you feel free to be yourself — where you can flourish and love openly. Yet intimate relationships are also where our deepest fears and defenses can surface, often stirred by differences or by tender places that were shaped long before this relationship began.
When this happens, communication can shut down or become charged, and relating to one another honestly and openly becomes very difficult. This is where we can help — not just by teaching communication skills, but by working with what is underneath the patterns that keep you stuck.
What we work on together
In couples therapy at DOT Center, we slow down and pay close attention — to what each of you is feeling, what you're trying to say, and what might be getting lost between you.
We help each partner access and articulate their inner experience, and we work with both of you on truly hearing each other, not just the words, but the feelings and needs beneath them. We also explore how each of your histories, the ways you learned to attach and protect yourself long before this relationship, may be quietly shaping how you show up with each other today. Often the patterns that cause the most friction between partners make a lot of sense once you understand where they come from.
Our work together creates more moments of genuine safety and closeness, and fewer moments of defensiveness and withdrawal. Over time, you begin to understand each other more deeply, and that understanding changes everything.
When couples feel truly heard and understood by one another, something shifts. Defenses soften. Closeness returns. You begin to respect and empathize with each other's experience without losing yourself in the process.
We have particular expertise working with interracial and multicultural couples, where questions of culture, identity, and family play a meaningful role in the relationship and deserve a therapist who genuinely understands that complexity.
Ready to Get Started?
Taking the first step toward couples therapy is often the hardest part. We make it as easy and personal as possible. Once you fill out our contact form, our intake coordinator will be in touch with you as soon as possible to learn more about your clinical and logistical needs. From there, we will find the couples therapist who feels like the right fit for both of you.