Couples & Relationship Therapy in Pennsylvania

Couples therapy offers a structured and compassionate space for relationships struggling with communication, connection, conflict, or issues around sex. Therapy may also be beneficial for couples looking to be proactive, and strengthen their relationship with tools and communication skills to promote positive growth and maintain intimacy in a long term relationship.

Healthy relationships depend on more than good communication—they also require emotional safety and a fulfilling intimate connection. Sexual problems are incredibly common in relationships, yet the majority of relationship therapists aren’t trained in sex therapy. One in five married couples and one in every three long-term partnerships experience a sexual relationship that is entirely absent, avoided, or unfulfilling (McCarthy, 2015). Why? Relationship and emotional problems may cause sexual issues, or sexual issues may impact the emotional connection. Sex may be accompanied by anxieties, body insecurities, unrealistic expectations, embarrassment, unasked questions, and a general discomfort with communicating about sex.

By blending the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and sex therapy, couples strengthen their friendship, create a more secure emotional bond, and address the sexual concerns that often reflect—and influence—the health of the relationship as a whole.