Marriage Counseling and Couple Therapy in Manhattan

In my psychotherapy practice in New York City I’ve discovered that many couples have the happily ever after expectation and are surprised when their marriage or relationship is not like the fairy tale.

Some of the areas I work with couples on are:

Many of us of us have ideas in our heads about love from earlier experiences that may not have been satisfying. Often these old ideas or experiences cloud our judgment about what is happening in our current relationships. And sometimes there is pressure from the outside — crisis at work, parenting, family and in-law issues, becoming step-parents.

It can happen to any of us — those everyday stressors we bring home get taken out on the wrong person. It leaves you both feeling awful.

Maybe you are not getting enough attention, conversation, physical intimacy as you feel you should be getting. The focus of relationship counseling is to change the negative path to a positive one:

Another thing they left out of the manual:  relationships take work. Maybe this comparison will help you to understand and feel less overwhelmed about the idea that your situation can change. Think of any physical endeavor you have ever undertaken. You work out harder, you play harder and have more energy. What if the same is true for relationships: more work equals more love, more enjoyment. And as you do more pull ups, more salutations to the sun, more laps around the park, the easier it gets.

If you are looking at this, you already have begun to move forward. Please call me or email me with any questions about my couples and marriage therapy.