The partnership you imagined isn’t there, and you’re keeping score of who does more or tries harder. We help you stop competing against each other and start building the marriage you both actually want.
You thought marriage would be different than this. Whether you’ve been married two years or twenty, you’re feeling disconnected from the person you promised forever to. You’re living like roommates, managing schedules and responsibilities, but the partnership you imagined isn’t there. The wedding photos on the wall feel like they’re from someone else’s life.
Marriage counseling in Philadelphia helps when you can’t tell if this is just how marriage goes or if you’ve actually lost each other. Some couples are considering divorce but want to try everything first. Others know they still love each other but have no clue how to find their way back. Either way, you need help figuring out what comes next.
Marriage counseling helps you figure out if your marriage problems are fixable or if you’ve grown too far apart. Not every marriage can be saved, but many couples discover their issues are more about lost connection than fundamental incompatibility. You learn to see past the resentment to understand what’s really broken.
After marriage counseling, you either rebuild your marriage on a stronger foundation or you separate with clarity and respect. If you stay together, you develop a new relationship with the same person. You learn that good marriages aren’t conflict-free; they just handle conflict better.
You’ll stop keeping score of who does more or who’s suffered longer. Marriage counseling helps you break out of whatever roles you’ve gotten stuck in over the years.
Our Approach to Marriage Counseling
Our marriage counseling approach understands that marriages face unique challenges. The person you married has changed, and so have you. We help you grieve the marriage you thought you’d have and build something that works for who you both are now.
We address the real issues destroying marriages: growing apart, losing respect, contempt creeping into everyday interactions, or feeling like roommates. We don’t pretend date nights will fix fundamental problems, but we do help you reconnect if there’s still love underneath the hurt.
Marriage counseling involves looking at patterns that developed over time. We help you understand how small disconnections turned into major rifts and whether those rifts can heal.
What to Expect in Sessions
Marriage counseling sessions involve both partners working together to understand how you got here. We explore your relationship history, when things were good, when they started changing, and what each of you needs to feel connected again.
You’ll work on rebuilding trust if it’s been broken, whether through affairs, financial secrets, or emotional abandonment. We teach you how to have hard conversations about things you’ve been avoiding. Many couples are surprised they can talk about anything once they learn how to really listen.
Sessions might include individual work to address personal issues affecting the marriage. Depression, anxiety, trauma, or addiction often play roles in marital problems. We help you figure out what’s yours to fix versus what needs to be addressed together.
Areas We Serve
Our marriage counseling practice serves couples throughout the Philadelphia area who are fighting to save their relationships. From Queen Village row homes to Chestnut Hill stone houses, marriage struggles happen in every neighborhood.
We work with couples from across the region, including many from Bucks County and Montgomery County who need specialized help. Whether you’re in a Manayunk townhouse or a Delaware County colonial, we understand the unique pressures that marriages face.
We also offer online therapy when getting to the office feels impossible between work, kids’ activities, and life. Sometimes the easiest way to fit in marriage counseling is from your living room after the kids are in bed.
Philadelphia Therapy Office
In the heart of Center City Philadelphia, our office offers you convenient access to expert care. With flexible appointment times to accommodate your busy schedule, we’re committed to making your counseling journey as seamless as possible. Also offering online counseling in PA and NJ.
Ready to fight for your marriage or get clarity about your future? Schedule a consultation to see if marriage counseling can help your relationship. Contact us today.
