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When you try to address a problem with your partner, differing communication styles make it impossible to listen to each other’s needs.

As you navigate life’s changes, you feel yourselves growing more disconnected and distant, losing touch with the person you once knew.

Each conflict deepens relationship wounds, making recovery seem almost impossible.

You often have thoughts such as:

  • “Why is it so hard for my partner to understand why I’m upset?”
  • “I’m afraid that my partner will never be able to trust me again.”
  • “Can I ever trust my partner?”
  • “I miss the person I fell in love with; I wish things were the same between us.” 
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We all have an innate need for connection. Yet, as you get stuck in cycles of conflict and arguments, you feel emotionally and physically disconnected and alone.

It’s no wonder disconnected couples often come in feeling angry, stressed, and lonely.

If you don’t address the root cause of your conflicts and learn to communicate better, your relationship is at stake. Unresolved resentment and pain could overshadow the positive aspects of your relationship.

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You don’t need to remain in a vicious cycle of stress, conflict, and disconnection.

At Touchstone Psychology, our couples therapy specialists use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help you and your partner break negative patterns and reconnect with the love you have for one another.

EFT goes beyond resolving surface-level conflicts. It addresses the underlying reasons for miscommunication and disconnect.

When we become reactive, we blame, shut down, or criticize, further escalating conflicts and hindering effective communication.

Through Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we will:

  • Uncover Root Causes: Delve deeper to identify past hurts or unmet needs that trigger fight-or-flight responses during conflicts.
  • Understand Triggers: Recognize the underlying reasons for intense emotional reactions, often related to feelings of being alone, hurt, or unsupported.
  • Slow Down and Share: Facilitate slower communication processes to share your feelings more vulnerably, allowing for deeper empathy and understanding.
  • Consistent Honesty: Build sustainable honesty and openness without relying on emotional breakdowns to prompt it.
  • Find True Intimacy: Rebuild and maintain the intimacy you once had.

Research shows that 70-75% of couples completing EFT move from distress to recovery, and 90% show significant improvement.

At Touchstone Psychology, we provide a healing space for you and your partner to build, repair, or transform your relationship.

Our team of compassionate and skilled therapists has worked with hundreds of couples through their most testing times. We are your partners in this process, ready to guide you every step of the way.

Most couples come to us after struggling with conflict, attachment injuries, or major life transitions like the arrival of children.

When they begin therapy, many feel hopeless and stuck in unproductive patterns. After working with us, our clients report:

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At Touchstone Psychology, we honor and welcome the diversity of ways in which people love. Guided by authenticity in therapy, cultural humility in psychotherapy, and attunement to identity, we work with:

  • Partners of different cultural and racial backgrounds
  • Same-sex couples
  • Non-monogamous relationships
  • Gender-nonconforming members of a relationship

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Taking the first step.

Schedule a consultation with one of our compassionate licensed clinical psychologists today and begin your journey toward healing from trauma, lasting relationships, and greater peace within yourself.

We look forward to meeting with you and supporting you every step of the way.

Book a free 15-minute consultation call below.