COUPLES THERAPY & RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING

Every therapist at Groundwork Therapy is a trained couples therapist.

We believe in meeting each couple where they are and tailoring their therapy to their specific goals, values and personalities. No rigid, dogmatic approaches here.

We do what works.

  • Couples therapy is for anyone in a romantic relationship seeking to strengthen connection, resolve conflicts, or navigate challenges together. Whether you're dating, engaged, married, or in a long-term partnership, therapy can help improve communication, rebuild trust, manage life transitions, or heal from past hurts. It's not just for couples in crisis—it's also for those who want to grow closer, deepen their bond, and build a healthier future together.

    Our therapists have experience working with couples who identify as:

    Queer, Poly, Interfaith, Interracial, Co-Parents, Newlyweds, Engaged, Married, Separated, Dating

  • You and your therapist will identify the foci and goals for therapy together. Couples therapy has a wide range of potential objectives, including:

    • Healing or Rebuilding Trust

    • Improving Communication

    • Deepening Connection

    • Reestablishing Intimacy

    • Improving Quality of Sex

    • Rebalancing Roles and Responsibilities

    • Establishing an Open Relationship

    • Navigating Transitions

    • Effective Decision-Making

    • Family Planning

    • Recalibrating and Reconnecting After Becoming Parents

    • Co-Parenting

    • Preparing for Moving in or Marriage

    • Deciding to End the Relationship

    • Amicably Separating

  • Couples therapy often feels like a much more active version of individual therapy. At different times your therapist acts as a communication coach, a referee, a teacher, and a guide. The process is collaborative and change-oriented. 

    Our therapists approach couples therapy in the same way we approach individual therapy, with the first goal being to explore, identify, and deepen your understanding of the issues at play. This means starting with the easily observable complaints and then diving deeper to better understand the root areas of what is not working. This newfound understanding will then direct you and your therapist to the solutions for lasting change.

    Your therapist will be leading the work through questions and shared insights and tools. We work best with couples who want to think aloud together.

  • Because every couple is different our couples therapists tailor each therapy to the unique goals, values, and personalities of the couple they are working with.

    We are trauma-informed and incorporate psychodynamic, EFT, Gottman, solution-focused methods and techniques when helpful for each couple. 

  • It depends. Our perspective is that couples should come for as long as is helpful and end when they have a stronger foundation, a deeper connection, and new tools that they are utilizing successfully.

    Some couples seek therapy with a specific issue to tackle and are able to utilize the therapy space in a very practical way, requiring few sessions. Other couples entering therapy have more foundational challenges and will likely meet longer term. Many of our couples come and go, using the therapy space as their constructive place to return to when they need extra support and professional guidance.

    You and your couples therapist will work collaboratively to decide the meeting frequency and treatment length that best fits your wants and needs as a couple.

  • In many cases, yes. Your couples therapist may meet with each of you individually at the beginning or at certain points during the therapy process to better understand your perspectives and experiences. However, the primary focus remains on the relationship, and any individual sessions are meant to support that goal. If individual concerns require more in-depth work, your therapist may recommend separate individual therapy in addition to couples sessions.

  • We have couples therapists that specialize in:
    Queer Couples ~ Fertility Challenges ~ Non-Monogamous Partnerships ~ Managing Trauma ~ Couples with One Person in Gender Transition ~ Triggers in the Relationship ~ Infidelity ~ Sexual Disconnection ~ Couples Navigating Cultural, Religious, and/or Ideological Differences ~ Family Planning for Queer Couples

  • Relationship counseling for business partners is designed to strengthen the professional connection between co-founders, executives, or colleagues who share leadership responsibilities. Just like in personal relationships, business partnerships rely on trust, communication, and aligned goals. Counseling helps partners address conflict, improve collaboration, clarify roles, and navigate high-stakes decisions or stressful transitions. Whether you're facing ongoing tension or simply want to build a healthier, more resilient partnership, this process offers tools to support mutual respect, accountability, and long-term success.

FAQs

Planning on taking the next step in your relationship?

Check out our PREMARITAL COUNSELING PROGRAM here.

THERAPY FOR LGBTQIA+ RELATIONSHIPS

We specialize in working with LGBTQIA+ relationships of all kinds—including couples, polyamorous partnerships, open relationships, and chosen families. With deep knowledge of gender, sexuality, and diverse relationship structures, we offer a supportive space where you won’t need to explain or justify who you are. Rather than making assumptions based on heteronormative or monogamous models, a therapist with this expertise approaches each relationship on its own terms, with cultural competence and respect for the diverse ways people build intimacy and family.

Whether you're strengthening your connection, navigating change, or working through conflict, your relationship therapy is tailored to honor your unique dynamic and goals.

Read more about our Specialization in Gender & Sexuality here.

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Groundwork Therapy offers couples therapy at our office in Brooklyn, NY and is accessible to those living within the boroughs of NYC.
Our office location is conveniently located near all major Brooklyn neighborhoods including Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy and Downtown Brooklyn.