Couples
Therapy
What is Couples Therapy?
How Couples Therapy
Can Help
Reducing Conflict
Improving Communication
Building Connection
How Couples Therapy Works
In your first few sessions, you will identify the challenges in your relationship, discuss your history as a couple and your histories as individuals, and establish treatment goals. Your therapist will work with you to develop a roadmap of how your relationship challenges came to be and why they continue to arise or worsen. Throughout treatment, you will use this roadmap as a guide to achieve your goals.
You and your therapist will then determine the most appropriate type of treatment based on your relationship. At NYCBT, we specialize in understanding the unique needs of each couple and providing the type of couples therapy that is best-suited for you. We offer the following types of evidence-based couples therapies that are designed to be short-term (on average, 4-8 months):
Integrative Behavioral
Couples Therapy (IBCT)
In IBCT, you and your partner will develop an in-depth understanding of your relationship difficulties and the unhelpful patterns you fall into. With this understanding, you will identify the things you wish to change and improve how you interact and connect. For the things you cannot change about your partner or your relationship, IBCT teaches strategies for increasing acceptance.
DBT-informed
Couples Therapy
In DBT-informed couples therapy, you learn strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to manage intense emotions, communicate effectively, and resolve conflicts. This approach emphasizes validation and acceptance of each other’s experiences to improve your relationship.
Infidelity
Treatment
If you’re recovering from infidelity, this treatment focuses on rebuilding trust and repairing your relationship. It helps both of you understand the impact of the affair and foster empathy to facilitate healing.
Conjoint Behavioral Couples
Therapy for PTSD (CBCT)
If you or your partner have PTSD or are recovering from trauma, this therapy focuses on improving communication, rebuilding intimacy, and addressing how trauma and PTSD impact your relationship dynamics, offering structured support tailored to your needs.
Integrative Behavioral
Couples Therapy (IBCT)
In IBCT, you and your partner will develop an in-depth understanding of your relationship difficulties and the unhelpful patterns you fall into. With this understanding, you will identify the things you wish to change and improve how you interact and connect. For the things you cannot change about your partner or your relationship, IBCT teaches strategies for increasing acceptance.
DBT-informed
Couples Therapy
In DBT-informed couples therapy, you learn strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to manage intense emotions, communicate effectively, and resolve conflicts. This approach emphasizes validation and acceptance of each other’s experiences to improve your relationship.
Infidelity
Treatment
Conjoint Behavioral Couples
Therapy for PTSD (CBCT)
If you or your partner have PTSD or are recovering from trauma, this therapy focuses on improving communication, rebuilding intimacy, and addressing how trauma and PTSD impact your relationship dynamics, offering structured support tailored to your needs.