We offer couples therapy in person in all three of our locations, as well as virtually across the state of Alabama. We are in-network with most BCBS plans.
Daphne & Virtual
Kayla Tibbs, LPC
Caroline Jansen, LMSWBirmingham & Virtual
Courtney Zimmer, LPCMobile, Daphne & Virtual
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Couples Therapy
Feel Closer. Communicate Better. Find Your Way Back to Each Other.
Why Do We Keep Getting Stuck in the Same Patterns?
None of us enters a relationship with a completely blank slate. We bring with us our past experiences, expectations, ways of communicating, and ideas about what relationships are supposed to look like.
Some of those patterns may come from the relationships we saw growing up, while others develop through experiences we've had along the way.
Sometimes, without even realizing it, we fall into familiar patterns that no longer work for us.
The same argument happens again and again.
One person pulls away while the other tries harder to connect.
Small misunderstandings turn into bigger ones.
Eventually, both partners can end up feeling frustrated, disconnected, or unsure of how to change things.
Couples therapy can help you understand what's happening underneath those patterns-not just who is right or wrong.
Together, you can begin to better understand each other's needs, communicate more effectively, and find new ways to feel connected.
Couples therapy doesn't have to be reserved for relationships in crisis. It can also be a space to strengthen an already healthy relationship, navigate a new season of life, or build skills that can help you face future challenges as a team.
Even the strongest relationships can go through seasons that feel difficult, disconnected, or overwhelming.
Maybe you love each other deeply, but you keep getting pulled into the same arguments. Maybe conversations quickly turn into defensiveness, frustration, or silence. Maybe trust has been broken. Or maybe nothing is terribly wrong-you just don't feel as close as you once did.
You might even be wondering, “How did we get here?”
Couples therapy can give you a place to slow things down, understand what's really happening between you, and begin finding a different way forward.
Research gives couples a reason to feel hopeful. Research has found that couples therapy positively impacts approximately 70% of couples who receive treatment.
Couples Therapy May Be a Good Fit If:
You keep having the same argument and nothing ever seems to get resolved.
One or both of you feels unheard, misunderstood, or dismissed.
You're navigating a breach of trust and don't know where to begin.
You've grown apart and want to find your way back to each other.
You love each other, but something in the relationship just doesn't feel the way it used to.
You're entering a new chapter—marriage, parenting, midlife, or another major transition—and want to build a strong foundation together.
You're considering separation and want a supportive space to thoughtfully decide what comes next.
Things are actually going well, and you want to be intentional about keeping your relationship strong.
Common Topics in Couples Therapy
Every relationship is different, and there doesn't have to be one specific problem that brings you to couples therapy. Some of the most common things we help couples navigate include:
Communication & Conflict: Recurring arguments, difficulty feeling heard, defensiveness, or conversations that never seem to get anywhere.
Emotional Disconnection: Feeling more like roommates than partners or wondering where the closeness went.
Infidelity & Betrayal: Processing hurt, rebuilding trust, and deciding what moving forward looks like.
Premarital Counseling & Commitment: Strengthening your foundation and having important conversations about your future together.
Sex & Intimacy: Differences in desire, changes in physical or emotional intimacy, or difficulty talking openly about sex.
Parenting & Family Stress: Navigating different parenting styles, the transition to parenthood, or the strain family responsibilities can place on your relationship.
Blended Families: Navigating step-parenting, co-parenting, boundaries, and changing family roles.
Major Life Transitions: Pregnancy, new parenthood, career changes, moves, illness, loss, or other seasons that change the way your relationship functions.
Separation, Divorce & Uncoupling: Helping couples navigate the end or potential end of a relationship with greater clarity, communication, and care.
Tools and Techniques for Building a Stronger Bond
Couples therapy is about more than learning how to communicate better. It's about understanding what's happening underneath your interactions-why you get stuck in certain patterns, what each of you needs in those moments, and how you can begin responding to each other differently.
Our couples therapists use evidence-based approaches while tailoring therapy to your relationship, your personalities, and the challenges that brought you in.
And for those who want to know a little more about the nerdiness we love behind the therapy, our work may draw from approaches such as:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Helps couples recognize the emotional patterns that keep them disconnected and work toward creating a safer, more secure emotional bond.
The Gottman Method Uses decades of research on relationships to help couples strengthen friendship and connection, communicate more effectively, and navigate conflict in healthier ways.
The goal isn't to give you a list of communication tricks to use when things get hard. It's to help you better understand your relationship, your partner, and the patterns between you so you can create changes that actually last.
Over time, you can develop new ways of communicating, repairing after conflict, expressing what you need, and staying connected even when life gets complicated.
Imagine Feeling Like a Team Again
The goal is a relationship where you can feel heard, understood, supported, and secure with one another. Where disagreements don't automatically create distance. Where you know how to repair when things go wrong.
Our couples therapists will guide you through this process step by step. You don't have to walk into the first session knowing how to fix your relationship.