The Gottman Method of couples therapy is a research-supported approach designed to enhance relationships by bolstering the bond between partners, resolving conflicts, and fostering shared meaning in their relationship through comprehensive assessments and tailored interventions that improve communication, trust, and the overall health of the partnership.
On average, couples attend marriage and couples counseling for 12 weeks. However, couples & marriage counseling may last longer or shorter, dependent on the couples’ needs, the challenges they’d like to work through, and the pace of their progress.
At Thriveworks, we accept most major insurance plans, allowing many clients to pay as little as $0–$50 per session with their co-pay. We also offer self-pay options for those out-of-network or without insurance. Self-pay rates for talk therapy range from $160 to $240 for intake sessions and $135 to $195 for follow-ups, depending on your state. For psychiatry services, self-pay intake sessions are $255–$375, with follow-ups ranging from $175–$300, also varying by state. More information on current self-pay costs is available on our pricing page.
A couples therapist or marriage counselor at Thriveworks Little Elm, TX can step in to help find practical solutions to your relationship issues. Our couples therapists and marriage counselors are trained to see issues from each spouse’s point of view and provide insight to bring each person closer together.
If you and your partner are ready to start making healthy changes for the benefit of your relationship or marriage, call or go online to schedule couples therapy or marriage counseling with Thriveworks Little Elm, TX.
What Is Couples Therapy and Marriage Counseling?
Couples counseling can lead to effective problem solving and heightened compassion for romantic partners. Relationship and marriage therapy can help advance numerous goals that might be critical to the survival of a couple, including helping both partners:
- To feel more loved
- To feel more appreciated
- To model healthier relationships for children
- To feel like friends again
- To build trust
- To improve communication skills
- To reignite a spark or passion
- To enhance physical or emotional intimacy
- To reduce tension and conflict in the household
- To stop repeating the same argument over and over again without advancing
- To create healthier boundaries
- To heal after an affair
Types of Couples Therapy
As you can tell, couples therapy and marriage counseling can address a wide range of issues, not limited to what’s listed. The couples therapy and marriage counseling professionals at Thriveworks Little Elm, TX have extensive training in interpersonal dynamics and communication.
Effective couples therapy treatment at Thriveworks in Little Elm, TX may draw from any of the following evidence-based approaches:
Relationship therapists might use games and exercises to help put couples at ease and facilitate healthy communication.
How to Find Relationship Counseling
If you’ve decided to see a relationship therapist or marriage counselor for the first time, you may be overwhelmed by all the options out there. But you can start your search with some basic criteria:
- The counselor should be fully licensed in Texas. All Thriveworks mental health providers are fully licensed in their respective states, nationwide.
- The therapist should be affordable. Thriveworks therapists accept most major health insurance plans.
- Therapy sessions should be both convenient and comfortable. Thriveworks therapists in Little Elm, TX offer secure online counseling sessions as well as traditional, in-person counseling sessions at the modern office. Some clients even choose a hybrid session model.
Couples therapy and marriage counseling at Thriveworks Little Elm,TX offers top-tier, industry-leading professional counselors and therapists. We encourage you and your spouse or partner to consider whether our services could help improve your romantic relationship.
Schedule Marriage Counseling or Couples Therapy at Thriveworks in Little Elm, TX
Call Thriveworks Little Elm, TX today to get the relationship support that you and your partner need. We look forward to helping both of you to rebuild trust, healthy communication, enthusiasm, and much more.
And in addition to our highly-skilled providers, we also offer benefits which include:
- Receive personalized mental health care for your unique needs
- Meet with your therapist quickly and easily via video—or meet with them in person
- Get affordable mental health care covered by insurance
- Experience therapy that works—get evidence-based therapy from expert relationship counselors
Relationship counseling isn’t about assigning blame or telling people what to think, do, or feel—it means facilitating open communication that can lead to greater mutual trust and understanding. We hope to have the privilege of working with you both—schedule online or contact our office when you’re ready to begin.
