Couples therapy & MARRIAGE Counseling

Many of our clients at Mosaic say these very words. We get it! Being vulnerable wasn’t fun the first time you tried therapy, so why would you want to try therapy again if it didn’t help? Mosaic clinicians are trained in a variety of holistic and creative modalities. Our Couples therapist uses tools like the Enneagram to give clients a framework for communication, and supporting each other outside of therapy. We try to have our clients take and active more experiential approach in therapy. Couples often find this refreshing and insightful. They learn things about each other through the creative interventions at Mosaic that they never knew. Give Couples Therapy another chance, you deserve to find a therapist who you and your partner both click with. If that’s not us, we will help you find who it is!

How often do you sit at home on the couch with your partner after a long day both staring at your phones? How many times a week are you falling asleep to Netflix without actually connecting with your partner? Sound familiar? Relationships are not stagnant, they take constant effort and input! Many people think couples therapy is only for when partners are about to separate or end a relationship. However couples therapy is not only for when things are falling apart. In fact when we wait until things are falling apart to seek help, often we have endured more pain and waited too long. Let’s compare taking care of our mental health to taking care of our physical health. Think of couples therapy less like an Emergency Room visit and more like a regular visit to the gym. Investing in Couples therapy will be most effective, if it is a regular consistent priority where you work on your relationship. You don’t just pay for a gym membership or personal trainer when you are already fit. You start your fitness journey when you want to make improvements and you maintain it to keep your body tone. Couples Therapy is similar. 

Therapist training 101 is learning to be nonjudgemental and NEVER give advice. As Therapists we learn how to lead with curiousity instead of judgement. After hearing many couples experiences, therapists start to realize that partners are often doing the best they can with what they know at the time. Every relationship dynamic is unique and they each have strengths and weakness. The last thing your therapist is doing is judging you and your partner for being brave enough to open up and prioritize your relationship. 

When working with a professional therapist or counselor specifically, you are working with a clinician who is trained in understanding relationship dynamics. Clinicians are educating on skills and tools that work, not just anecdotally but techniques that really work according to research. Furthermore, we are trained to not let our own beliefs, morals, or values get in the way of how we treat clients. Family and  Friends are wonderful resources! But they will typically take sides, tell you what to do, how to do it, and what to feel based on their experiences, thier morals and their own biases. The Mental health field requires specialized trainings, and supervision hours to ensure that clinicians understand how to empower and equip couples to meet their goals and improve their intimacy and relationship.