Couples Therapy For Relationship Distress
Virtual therapy available across New York, Maine, and West Virginia.
“Your relationship may be closer to a breakthrough than you think. Sometimes one small insight is all it takes to begin a new way forward…and that can happen in just one or two sessions.”
- Amanda Bailey, LCPC
You still love each other. This still feels awful.
Your relationship has gotten so heavy that it follows you everywhere.
You’re at work replaying what was said, driving home wondering what kind of night you’re walking into, or lying next to each other in bed feeling miles apart.
Maybe you fight until you’re both exhausted, or you barely talk because neither of you has the energy for one more conversation that goes badly.
Even the good days can feel fragile, and if you have kids, you may be painfully aware that they can feel the tension too.
Underneath all of it is the question neither of you have the answer to: Are we actually going to make it?
You can disagree without losing each other.
You can bring up something hard without wondering whether it is going to tank the entire night. Conflict stops feeling like proof that your relationship is falling apart because you both know how to stay in it, work through it, and find your way back to each other.
There is more energy for laughing, affection, your kids, your plans, and the rest of the life you built together.
You start feeling hopeful when you think about your future instead of quietly fearing it. The goal is not just to get back to how things were in the beginning, but to build a relationship that can actually handle the hard stuff better than it could before.
We’re not going to just talk about the fight.
You probably don’t need another play by play of what happened. You already know who said what, where it went off the rails, and how awful it felt afterward.
I’m paying attention to the moment the tone changes, one of you braces, the other pushes harder, and you both get pulled right back into the same painful place.
We’ll slow that down, make the pattern easier to see, and practice a different response while I’m right there with you.
I’m compassionate, but I’m also direct, and I take your time and investment seriously, so the goal is for the work to show up at home when it actually matters.
Who this type of therapy is for:
○ Couples who still love each other, but barely recognize the relationship they’re in anymore.
○ Those in a relationship that has become painfully unhealthy, where fighting, resentment, shutdowns, or hurt keep taking over.
○ Couples who are seriously wondering whether they can stay together after an affair or if something doesn’t change.
○ Partners who feel more like opponents, roommates, or two exhausted people managing a life than lovers.
○ Those who have tried talking it through, promising to do better, or even tried couples therapy before, and are still struggling.
○ Couples who are ready to be honest about what is happening, look at their own part in it, and actually work toward something better.
Your relationship doesn’t have to stay this hard.
Book your FREE 15-minute consultation.