Couples Therapy in Niceville

Most relationships require investment to keep them going. Interpersonal family relationships can be tricky to manage, and professional workplace relationships require care. A romantic relationship also requires energy, work, and commitment. Niceville couples therapy offers a helping hand to resolve conflict, aid in building communication skills, and increase overall relationship satisfaction.

Not all couples can easily overcome relationship obstacles or talk out their problems. This is often due to past experiences or lack of knowledge on how to disagree in healthy communicative way.

Communication can become confusing, even destructive. Whatever the issue within your relationship, it is worth considering couples counseling to help provide a solution and follow through to a resolution for a healthier relationship.

What Exactly is Couples Therapy?

Couples therapy, or couples counseling, is when people in a pre-marital or marital, romantic relationship talk with a therapist to help build awareness of issues in their relationship, improve communication between the couple, and improve the satisfaction of being in the relationship.

While couples therapy in Niceville, as the name implies, works best with both partners present, this is not always possible. In those instances, it is possible to offer in-person couples therapy for one part of the couple. A Niceville therapist may also decide that the correct course of action is to speak to each partner individually for a time. These are decisions a licensed therapist would make based on the individual circumstances of the couple involved. However, normally couples therapy focuses on the relationship and the couple as a unit, rather than treating each individual separately.

Couples therapy in Niceville typically tackles a specific problem. Topics such as ongoing arguments/conflicts, infidelity, parenting, jealousy, anger, addiction, or sexual/intimacy problems are often a focus of therapy sessions.

Couples therapy begins by identifying a clear problem, raising awareness, and specifying clear treatment objectives. The first session generally starts with a standard interview process, this is referred to as an intake. The therapist will begin learning about the couple’s ongoing concerns and the couple’s awareness and perception of the issue. They will also aim to learn more about each partner’s values and background.

The goal of the therapy will be to develop a solution that fosters meaningful, lasting behavioral change that resolves conflict and improves satisfaction for both partners. The therapist will help the couple by giving them tools for conflict resolution, assertiveness skills, and healthy communication. They can also assign homework or growth goals for the week, so that the partners can use the skills they learn or have developed throughout treatment.

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Who Can Benefit from Couples Therapy in Niceville?

According to a survey by the American Association of Marriage and Family, most respondents (more than 97%) found that couples therapy provided the assistance they needed. Additionally, 93% of couples surveyed responded that therapy provided them effective techniques for conflict resolution.

In fact, almost every couple can benefit from couples therapy with an experienced, licensed therapist. Whether you are just wanting to learn how to communicate better, listen better, better understand your partner, or if mental health or crisis issues are involved, couples therapy can help.

What if One Person Does Not Want Couples Therapy?

Sometimes, one partner is more interested in couples therapy than the other. Actually, we see this quite often! For a better outcome, we of course recommend that both partners engage in therapy but if your partner is absolutely refusing, individual therapy, can still bring insight into the couple’s concerns and teach communication and listening skills. Individual growth holding true, participating as a couple, in couple’s therapy leads to a better chance of success since it shows that both partners are willing to try increasing their awareness, attempt to identify unhelpful patterns and behaviors, and are willing to make changes for the sake of the relationship.

Sometimes online therapy can overcome resistance to couples therapy by one partner. While some find that the neutral territory of a peaceful, professional therapy center can be helpful, performing the therapy session in the convenience of the couples’ location can remove one of the barriers to getting help.

At Krueger Wellness Institute in Niceville, we look at each couple individually and make recommendations based on a couple’s unique situation and goals. We have a wealth of experience helping couples rekindle the flame. We help couples work with each other to make their lives happier, healthier, and more successful.

Contact Krueger Wellness Institute for experienced staff who can provide you with the couples counseling you need to improve your overall wellbeing. We are dedicated to helping ALL relationships flourish and we are looking forward to teaching you the tools to help you do just that.

We also offer couples therapy in Destin, Fort Walton Beach, and Bluewater Bay.