Many people in relationships experience unhappiness (around 20% of married couples are unhappy at any given time). The top reasons that cause couples distress are poor communication, unrealistic expectations of partners, and a lack of love and intimacy. Partners might struggle with fighting rather than resolving issues, feeling partners are over demanding, or feeling like partners are too withdrawn and closed off. Other forms of stress can include finances, differing values, jealousy, in-laws, passing of a person of significance, negative life events, illness, or feeling excluded as a partner’s life changes, to name a few.
Relationships are a simple math equation: the more positives compared to negatives, the more positive the relationship. Unfortunately, one negative can often erase five positives. Therefore, increasing the positive and reducing the negative in relationships are critically important.
The approach to couples and family therapy is similar to the approach described above to individual therapy. During this type of counseling, we work on making relationships more mutually rewarding, increasing positive experiences and caring behaviors, improving joint problem solving, promoting compromise and conflict resolution, establishing healthy boundaries, improving overall communication, increasing appreciation of one another, and stopping disruptive behavioral patterns. We also work on examining how both partners’ assumptions about each other and previous life experiences leads to potential misunderstandings, labeling, unwanted reactions, or unforeseen consequences.
We combine deep clinical expertise with a commitment to delivering clear, actionable results quickly. Our team’s experience, empathy, and dedication to individualized care have made us a trusted partner for families, schools, and professionals across the NY Metro Area. We take on a limited number of clients at a time to ensure focus and speed of report delivery.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Assessment Associates
