Couples Therapy

Every couple hits rough spots. Sometimes it’s about communication—feeling like you’re having the same fight on repeat. Other times it’s stress from outside pressures: work, family, parenting, or finances. For many couples, conflict shows up more often once big life transitions happen—moving in together, getting married, or raising kids. What used to feel easy can start to feel tense, disconnected, or like you’re not even on the same team anymore.

Our Approach

At Modern Therapy Alliance, couples therapy isn’t just about giving each partner space to vent. It’s about creating a setting where you can actually hear each other differently, break the cycle of defensiveness, and rebuild trust in how you communicate. We’re not afraid to be direct when something isn’t working. Our job is to name the patterns, point out what’s keeping you stuck, and help you try out new ways of relating that move the relationship forward.

Tailored Therapy for Your Relationship

The way we do this is by tailoring therapy to your specific relationship. Sometimes that means using structured interventions from EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) or Gottman-based approaches to give you clear communication tools. At other times, we may draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS) or narrative therapy to help you understand the personal stories and triggers each of you brings into the relationship. We also use evidence-based methods like CBT, DBT, and ACT when they provide practical skills for managing emotions, stress, or conflict. Therapy here isn’t one-size-fits-all—we shape the work to the two of you, together.

Consistency Across Services

Just like in our individual work, this blended, flexible philosophy is the foundation that runs through all our services. If you’ve worked with us individually, you’ll recognize the balance of conversation, feedback, and practical tools. If couples therapy is your first step with us, you can be confident that the same direct, tailored approach informs everything we do.

What you’ll take away from this work:

A clearer understanding of the patterns that keep you stuck in conflict
Communication tools you can actually use outside of session
Space to reconnect without falling into the same old fights

Direct feedback on how your dynamics play out in real time
Practical strategies to manage stress, emotions, and outside pressures
Confidence that this approach supports you across all MTA services