When Couples Seek Therapy
Couples often come to therapy feeling disconnected, stuck in conflict, or unsure how to repair past hurts. Many describe loving each other, yet feeling emotionally distant or misunderstood.
You may notice the same arguments repeating without resolution. Small issues can escalate quickly, leaving both partners feeling unheard, alone, or defensive.
Couples therapy offers a space to slow these patterns down and understand what is happening beneath the surface.
Common Reasons Couples Start Therapy
Many couples seek therapy due to ongoing conflict, emotional distance, or breakdowns in communication. Others come after experiences of betrayal, infidelity, or broken trust.
Life transitions—such as parenting, stress, trauma, or changes in intimacy—can also strain a relationship. Therapy helps couples navigate these challenges together rather than against each other.
Our Approach to Couples Therapy
Our work is grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an evidence-based model rooted in attachment science. EFT focuses on understanding how partners emotionally respond to one another under stress.
Rather than blaming or problem-solving too quickly, we identify negative interaction cycles that keep couples stuck. These cycles often hide deeper fears, unmet attachment needs, and longings for closeness.
By helping partners access and share these vulnerable emotions safely, new patterns of connection can begin to form.
What EFT-Informed Couples Therapy Looks Like
Sessions focus on creating emotional safety and slowing down reactive moments. You will learn to recognize your cycle, understand each other’s inner experience, and respond differently when conflict arises.
Therapy is collaborative, structured, and compassionate. The goal is not to determine who is “right,” but to help both partners feel seen, valued, and emotionally connected.
Goals of Couples Therapy
Couples therapy is designed to help partners move from disconnection to secure attachment. Goals often include:
Increasing emotional safety and trust
Repairing attachment injuries and past relational wounds
Improving communication and emotional responsiveness
Reducing reactive conflict patterns
Fostering deeper intimacy and closeness
Benefits of Couples Therapy
As therapy progresses, many couples report feeling calmer during conflict and more connected outside of sessions. Conversations become less reactive and more emotionally honest.
Over time, couples often experience greater empathy, renewed trust, and a stronger sense of partnership.
Couples Therapy in Sandy, Utah
We provide couples therapy in Sandy, Utah for partners seeking meaningful, lasting change in their relationship. Therapy is tailored to your unique dynamics, values, and goals.
Whether you are navigating conflict, rebuilding trust, or wanting to deepen your connection, support is available.
Get Started with Couples Therapy
You don’t have to figure this out alone. Couples therapy can help you understand each other more deeply and rebuild the emotional bond that brought you together.
Contact us today to schedule a couples therapy consultation in Sandy, Utah.