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Move Towards Your Best Relationship with a Couples Counselor in Chicago

Relationships are hard. It gets complicated trying to navigate intimacy, sex, and conflict, plus all of the usual day-to-day stuff. Growing up in different homes with different families and rules can lead to unspoken assumptions that sabotage happiness. A thoughtful, nonjudgmental therapist can help you reconnect, communicate your needs, restore your relationship goals, and find a way to a better future.

What Is Couple Therapy?

Couples counseling is a therapeutic process that helps partners address issues, improve communication, and strengthen their relationships. A trained couple counselor guides you through identifying unresolved conflicts, improving communication, and rebuilding emotional connection.

You might consider couples counseling if you’re facing:

Constant arguments
Growing emotional distance
Lack of affection or fun together
Trust issues or infidelity
Ongoing anger or resentment
Reduced interest in intimacy

Therapy offers a safe space to address these challenges, reconnect, and build a healthier relationship.

Relationship Counseling at Best Therapies

Expert Help For Your Relationship
Our professional team of licensed doctors helps you clear the air, opens the doorway to communication, and sets skills that’ll continue to benefit your romantic or family bond long after relationship therapy.

Expert Help for LGBTQ Couples and Premarital Counseling

We are proud to offer LGBTQ couples counseling tailored to the unique experiences of LGBTQ+ relationships. Our affirming LGBT therapists provide a safe space to explore relationship dynamics, address external pressures, and strengthen emotional bonds.

Prepare for a strong foundation with premarital counseling in Chicago, designed to help couples improve communication, address potential challenges, and create a shared vision for the future.

Common Reasons to Seek Couples Counseling

Frequent arguments or lack of communication
Emotional distance or disconnection
Trust issues or infidelity
Major life transitions or stressors
Premarital counseling to lay a strong foundation for marriage

Ready to improve your relationship?

How To Find The Right Couples Counselor For Couples Therapy In Chicago

Suppose you and your partner have a difficult time in your relationship. Finding the right couples counselor can help boost your communication skills and improve your emotional bond. Best Therapies has a team of relationship experts, from psychologists to licensed marriage and family therapists, each with distinctive credentials and approaches. Our therapists are well-versed in evidence-based methods, including the renowned Gottman Method, which has been proven effective in strengthening relationships. Contact us today to speak with a licensed couples therapist in Chicago.

Standard Relationship Advice For Couples

Couples counseling can happen at any relationship stage, whether premarital or cohabitating, during a stressful engagement, or after years of marriage. Many seek professional relationship advice for couples as a preventative method to help improve communication and empathy between partners.

Whatever the cause or reason, relationship counseling teaches skills that sustain the spark and build lasting mental and emotional connections. A relationship psychologist can provide expert guidance and support during counseling sessions.

Benefits of couples counseling include

Examining the positives in the relationship, such as irreplaceable memories, outstanding qualities in one another, and traits that improve emotional growth.
Acknowledging negative or unproductive behavior that leads to constant fights and finding alternative means to create positive changes.
Rekindle the spark by taking the time to infuse romance, thoughtfulness, care, and support back into the relationship.

Couples Therapy Books

Taking positive steps toward a brighter future with your significant other leads to a lifetime of understanding and selfless love. That’s why we don’t stop at couples counseling. We recommend relationship-building and enlightening couples therapy books by numerous best-selling authors, including The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman, Ph.D., and Nan Silver.

FAQ:

How long does therapy take?

The duration varies depending on your needs and goals. Many couples begin to see progress within a few sessions.

Do we need to be married to seek counseling?

No, our services are open to all couples, regardless of marital status.

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Positive Reviews From Our Satisfied Clients From Chicago, IL

E.S. writes on google reviews, "My therapist has been super friendly and understanding and, this was my first time seeing a therapist and I was initially nervous but she immediately eased my nerves. Plus fidget toys to play with during sessions!!"

Also on google, E.J. wrote of our owner, Jason Best, "Compassionate, insightful, productive. Jason was a tremendous help during a very rough period of my life. His capacity for empathy, compassion, and solutions/action-based therapy are phenomenal. He doesn't dominate the conversation by any means, but he's certainly not the type of therapist that just sits there and listens, giving you nothing back."

From our Psychology Today account, from Luke Adams, Marriage & Family Therapist, 'Jason Best, and his team at BestTherapies, are among the very *best* inclusive Emotion Experts, Trauma-Informed Therapists, Gender Guides, and Sex-Positive Relationship Nerds, in Chicago, and they are my go-to referrals when I’m not available.'

From our Psychology Today account, from Laura Grimes, "Jason is a great clinician and practice owner. He is honest, clinically sound, empathic, and committed to the highest levels of ethics and values."