Couples Therapy
It used to be called marriage counselling, but loving, lasting relationships have come a long way. For non-traditional relationships, TSC therapists retain the fundamentals of traditional couples’ therapy—communication, listening, challenge, and growth—but apply them as relevant to modern relationships, which don't always fit traditional set-ups or expectations.
Some couples begin therapy after something very specific, such as finding out about an affair. For some couples, there has been a slow, long festering problem that worsened until coming to some final straw. Some say they have come to believe they didn’t marry the person they thought they did. Other say they are becoming aware of just how much their spouse has changed, or how much they themselves have changed, or even how much the world itself has changed.
Oftentimes, couples beginning therapy are unsure whether they even want to save their relationship. In periods of intense resentment, even minor disagreements trigger big explosions and bitter silences, with every sentence and attempt to communicate re-interpreted as evidence of evil. Initial therapy sessions are often about putting out the immediate fires that seem to be steering towards inevitable break up. The focus is on managing the extreme emotions—feelings of anger, betrayal, and hopelessness. As the immediate crisis starts to resolve, therapy increasingly turns to building the skills couples need to handle all the future challenges that life will bring.
Some couples begin therapy after something very specific, such as finding out about an affair. For some couples, there has been a slow, long festering problem that worsened until coming to some final straw. Some say they have come to believe they didn’t marry the person they thought they did. Other say they are becoming aware of just how much their spouse has changed, or how much they themselves have changed, or even how much the world itself has changed.
Oftentimes, couples beginning therapy are unsure whether they even want to save their relationship. In periods of intense resentment, even minor disagreements trigger big explosions and bitter silences, with every sentence and attempt to communicate re-interpreted as evidence of evil. Initial therapy sessions are often about putting out the immediate fires that seem to be steering towards inevitable break up. The focus is on managing the extreme emotions—feelings of anger, betrayal, and hopelessness. As the immediate crisis starts to resolve, therapy increasingly turns to building the skills couples need to handle all the future challenges that life will bring.