Couples & Marriage Counseling
Relationships are at the core of human experience and are an integral component of our life fulfillment and wellness. As precious as our relationships are, even the strongest couples sometimes find themselves stuck in negative cycles, feeling disconnected and unsure of how to get their relationship back on track. Unspoken emotions, hurt, trust issues, infidelity, past traumas, tough life transitions, a mental health diagnosis, parenting struggles, and conflicts in integrating cultural/value difference can all take a toll on the relationship. The dichotomy is that what gets couples through these struggles is a strong, secure connection. Let us help you repair and strengthen your connection with your partner through Couples & Marriage Therapy to help you feel fulfilled in your relationship and get through the challenging situations in your life as a strong unit.
Interracial Couples Therapy
The distressing cycles interracial couples find themselves in are often influenced by their cultural values and experiences in unique ways. The racially biased reaction of the outside world to their cultural differences might also add incremental strain on their relationship.
Interracial Couples Therapy at our practice is uniquely designed to help interracial couples develop a deeper insight into each other’s emotional experience and attachment needs related to their cultural journey. You will also learn to stay tuned into each other emotionally and have culturally sensitive conversations to navigate practical issues such as dealing with racism, microaggressions, raising mixed race kids and navigating differences in boundaries with your families.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) helps couples repair and strengthen supportive bonds by overcoming their negative cycles of interaction they they find themselves stuck in. Be it negative cycles of frustration, walking way from each other, saying hurtful things that you later regret, feeling misunderstood or struggling to have productive conversations, through EFT relationship counseling you’ll learn to tap into your underlying emotions of hurt, loneliness, not feeling cared for and not feeling important to your partner and communicate these emotions instead of just the frustration, anger, reverting to silence or walking way from the conflict. Once you learn to communicate in these ways, these new positive cycles that then become self-reinforcing helping you feel closer and understood by your partner. EFT is considered the gold standard in couples therapy to foster a secure bond between partners.
Preconception & Perinatal Couples Therapy
The journey to parenthood comes in many beautiful shapes and forms, from pregnancy to adoption to surrogacy, each leading to a big point of transition for couples. Navigating your new role as a parents can be exciting, overwhelming, full of unexpected twists/ turns and creates a heightened need to ‘get on the same page’. Postpartum Couples Therapy & Couples therapy for parents-to-be at Sage & Fifth Therapy Place focuses on helping partners express their underlying emotions and have important conversations to navigate this transition together as a strong unit.
Schedule a Consultation with our Specialized Couples Therapists
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Huma Sikandar Fatakia, LPC
Holistic EMDR Trauma Therapist & EFT Couples Counselor
DC & VA
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Jane Townsend, LICSW
Couples Counselor & Holistic Perinatal / Postpartum Psychotherapist
DC, VA & MD
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Olesya Van Dijck, LPC, ATR-P
EFT Couples Counselor, Trauma-informed Holistic Psychotherapist & Art Therapist
DC
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Madeline Gaffney, LGPC
Holistic Psychotherapist and Couples Counselor
DC & VA
