Relationships are meant to be beautiful
To have a life partner to love, laugh, and grow old with is one of life's greatest gifts. But sometimes life gets in the way. Work, kids, money, health, and old hurts pile up, and somewhere along the way we lose focus. Sometimes we lose ourselves.
Couples therapy gives the two of you a safe, neutral space to slow down, say the things that have gone unsaid, and learn new ways of hearing and reaching each other. Whether you are in crisis, feeling stuck, or simply want to make something good even better, our licensed clinicians are here to help you move forward together.
Why couples come to us
There is no wrong reason to seek help for your relationship. Couples reach out at every stage, from engaged to decades married, for concerns like:
- Communication breakdowns
- Constant arguing
- Infidelity and broken trust
- Feeling distant or disconnected
- Intimacy concerns
- Money conflicts
- Parenting differences
- Blended family challenges
- Premarital preparation
- Life transitions
- Recovering from a crisis
- Deciding whether to stay together
What you can expect
Here is how couples therapy works at RCS from the first call forward.
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Reach out
Send an inquiry or give us a call. A member of our team will follow up to hear what is going on and match you with a clinician who fits your needs and schedule. Only one of you needs to make the first call.
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First session together
Your therapist meets with both of you to hear each side of the story, understand your history as a couple, and learn what each of you hopes will change. Your clinician may also meet with each of you individually early on.
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Ongoing sessions
Sessions are typically 50 minutes. You will learn practical skills for communicating, managing conflict, and rebuilding trust, and you will practice them in the room with your therapist's guidance. Expect homework between sessions; the real work happens at home.
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Growth and maintenance
As things improve, sessions become less frequent. Many couples return for occasional tune-ups during stressful seasons. Having a therapist who already knows your story makes those check-ins easy.
The approaches we use
Every couple is different. Our clinicians draw from several evidence-based approaches and tailor the work to the two of you.
Gottman Method Principles
Research-based tools for strengthening friendship, managing conflict without contempt or criticism, and building shared meaning in your relationship.
Emotionally Focused TherapyEFT
Helps you recognize the negative cycle you get caught in, understand the deeper needs underneath it, and create a more secure emotional bond.
Cognitive Behavioral Couples TherapyCBT
Identifies the thoughts and assumptions that fuel conflict and replaces them with healthier patterns of thinking and responding to each other.
Communication and Conflict Skills
Concrete techniques for listening, speaking up without attacking, repairing after an argument, and solving problems as a team.
Trust and Affair Recovery
A structured, compassionate process for couples working through infidelity or broken trust, focused on honesty, accountability, and rebuilding safety.
Premarital Counseling
For engaged and newly committed couples who want to build a strong foundation around communication, expectations, finances, family, and faith before the challenges come.
Couples Therapy Group
In addition to private couples sessions, RCS offers a six-week couples therapy group several times a year. This group is designed to teach you how to move from a place of being "stuck," or to take something great and make it "amazing."
Facilitated by Monique Johnson, Ed.S, LPC-S, RPT-S, CCBT, the group is structured, very interactive, and completely confidential. What is shared in the room stays in the room. Couples learn alongside one another, practice new skills together, and leave each week with tools they can use at home.
This is a closed group. Once the six weeks begin, no new couples are added, so the same couples journey together from start to finish. If you miss the start, you are welcome to join the next cycle.
Seating is limited, so reserve your space early.
Group details
- Length
- 6 weeks, one session per week
- Time
- 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Cost
- $100 per couple
- Child care
- $35 per couple for up to 3 children
- Format
- Structured, interactive, and confidential closed group
- Location
- To be announced
Classes begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. Check the Upcoming Events page for the next start date.
Register for the groupWe walk with you through the process
Coming to therapy as a couple takes courage. Here is what you can count on from us:
- Your therapist is on the side of the relationship, not on one partner's side. Both of you will be heard.
- You will work with a licensed clinician who is trained and experienced in working with couples.
- What you share stays confidential, within the limits required by law, and we will explain those limits clearly.
- We will not judge your relationship or tell you what to decide. We help you see clearly so you can choose well.
- If one of you needs individual support alongside couples work, we can help arrange that.
- Progress is not always a straight line. We stay with you through the hard sessions as well as the breakthroughs.
Ready to reconnect?
Send us an inquiry and a member of our team will follow up to talk through your needs and schedule a first appointment. You can also call us at 205-675-6592.
