Our therapists provide couples therapy in Winston-Salem, NC

Couples Counseling in Winston-Salem, NC

Thriveworks Counseling in Winston-Salem, NC offers couples therapy because many couples are struggling. No couple has a perfect relationship, and no couple has to work through their problems alone.

Couples counseling can be a great place for partners to address and resolve these problems. Call our office at (336) 203-8853 to schedule your session today.

Common Problems that Many Couples Experience

Some of those common relational problems include challenges, like:

• Distrust – Healthy, happy couples build their relationship upon trust. When partners trust each other, they lean upon each other. They have each other’s back. However, little choices and big choices by one or both partners can harm that trust. A few irresponsible decisions can crack at the trusting foundation a couple has built. One big lie or affair can destroy that foundation. Rebuilding trust is possible, but it is a long, hard process. Couples counselors often guide partners as they seek to rebuild trust.
• Conflicting Goals – One partner can have a completely different vision for the relationship than the other partner. In fact, this is normal because no two people perfectly agree about everything. Tension, however, often occurs when these conflicting goals are not stated or respected. One partner can be pulling the relationship in one direction while the other is pulling in another direction. Couples therapy often helps partners verbalize their expectations and find common ground for the relationship.
• Disagreements about Family – Tension with the in-laws may be a cliché and fodder for countless jokes, but this tension drives a wedge between many couples. Partners have many decisions to make about what role their family will play in their lives while they are also in a long-term, committed relationship. The surface of this tension may look like fighting over where to spend holidays, but under the surface is a question of loyalty and bonding. Couples therapy may be the place for each partner to decide where their loyalty lies.
• Communication Difficulties – Communicating well takes time, but it also takes skill. Many partners want to communicate clearly, but they have never learned how to listen without judgment, share with vulnerability, and be open to new perspectives. These are difficult communication skills, but they can be learned. Many partners hone their communication at couples therapy.
• Difficulty with Intimacy – Intimacy is any way that partners connect in a meaningful way. It is most often associated with their sexual relationship, but intimacy includes so much more. It can be physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and more. Calendars fill up. Life is busy and chaotic. However, connection is important. Couples therapy may be a place where partners can express their needs and make a plan to bond.

Schedule Couples Counseling at Thriveworks Counseling in Winston-Salem, NC

If you are ready to start couples counseling, know that Thriveworks Winston-Salem has appointments available. When you call our office, one of our scheduling specialists will answer and help you make an appointment.

Let’s work together. Call today at (336) 203-8853.