Couples Therapy
In person in Durham, NC
Online anywhere in North Carolina
We provide couples counseling, marriage therapy, and premarital therapy. We are inclusive of ethical non-monogamy and polyamorous relationships. Our couples therapists are experts in healthy communication and relational dynamics. Whether you want to rekindle the spark, learn how to not repeat your parents’ mistakes, or just improve your relationship, we would love to support you.
Free 20-Minute Consultation
Couples therapy can help you:
Feel more love and connection
Communicate better
Let go of built up hurt & resentment
What is Couples Therapy?
Couples therapy provides a safe, non-judgmental environment where you and your partner can communicate openly, work through your challenges, and rekindle a close, loving, and secure relationship. Our approach supports couples in exploring the root causes of their difficulties, releasing past hurts, and developing new, healthier patterns that build trust, empathy, and lasting love. Whether you’re facing communication breakdowns, recurring conflicts, or emotional disconnection, we are dedicated to helping you discover meaningful solutions that meet everyone’s needs.
Our highly-skilled team of therapists provides evidence-based interventions, compassionate support and practical skills to help you rebuild your connection. We are honored to help couples on this journey, guiding you to rediscovering what you need to feel connected, supported and loved.
Free 20-Minute Consultation
Is Couples Therapy right for you?
Are small problems becoming big arguments?
Are you avoiding difficult, but necessary conversations?
Was trust broken after betrayal?
Do you keep having the same fight again and again?
Do you feel more like roommates than partners?
Is past trauma or attachment issues affecting your relationship?
Do differences in culture or faith cause problems with gender roles, parenting, or division of labor?
Do you face pressure from society, religion, or family as a queer couple?
Are you afraid of repeating your parents’ mistakes?
We get it, and we’re here to help you
Finding a therapist who you trust is the most important factor in successful therapy
Free 20-Minute Consultation
Is this the end of your story, or the start of a new chapter?
Starting couples therapy can feel like a significant and sometimes daunting step. It can be scary to acknowledge that things aren’t as picture perfect as they may seem on the outside. Seeking help and support takes bravery.
Many couples often wait too long before beginning couples therapy. The hurt and resentment that has built up over time makes it so much harder to face problems together rather than seeing their partner as the problem.
Take a moment to consider how starting therapy today can help you avoid long-term pain and pave the way for healing. This journey could even help you rediscover deep love and meaningful connection with your partner.
Let this be the first step in creating the safe and loving relationship everyone deserves.
Free 20-Minute Consultation
What do you do in Couples Therapy?
1. Discover who you are as a couple
The therapist will get to know you as both individuals and as a unit. You begin to see your partner, yourself, and your relationship in a new light. Together, you’ll discover the patterns in your relationship, what’s working and what isn’t. You’ll learn to recognize the emotions and behaviors that lead to conflict and disconnection in order to begin to transform your relationship.
2. Learn ways to give and receive love
Learn new skills to communicate your needs for closeness as well as needs for autonomy in a way your partner receives well. Conversely, practice ways to listen and understand your partner with care, love and empathy. Discover ways to stop an ask from turning into a blowup.
Change is hard, but for love, it is worth it! You deserve to feel safety, tenderness, support and love.
3. Build a secure and lasting relationship
Not only will you learn how to connect more in a therapy session, but you will also learn how to translate what you learn into your life outside of therapy. You will see how what you learned in therapy creates lasting changes in feeling less lonely and hurt, being there for each other when you need it, and trusting fully with your whole heart that you and your partner have created a safe, happy and loving relationship.
Therapy that fits to your relationship needs.
Your relationship is important to us. Our therapists use supportive approaches that won't judge or blame you for being human and facing challenges. They recognize your efforts to improve your relationship, even when it's difficult. Instead of taking sides, they will listen to everyone’s perspective. Their goal is to help you develop healthy communication skills and rebuild love and trust between you.
You deserve to feel better—fully and completely.
Free 20-Minute Consultation
How Therapy Can Support Your Relationship’s Unique Needs
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If you or your partner are healing from trauma, it’s natural for those experiences to affect your relationship. Therapy can offer a safe, grounded space to grow together. With the guidance of a therapist who understands how trauma shows up in connection, trust, and intimacy, you and your partner can learn how to create a relationship filled with safety, love and joy.
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The emotional aftermath of betrayal can feel like the ground was pulled out from under you. Couples therapy supports:
Open dialogue to understand what happened.
Learn how to begin healing by working with an experienced professional who can guide you taking the steps that rebuild safety and avoid the pitfalls that lead to more hurt and destruction.
Choosing your direction. After infidelity, it can be hard to know what to do. Your therapist will support you in understanding the best choice for yourself and your relationship.
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When you or your partner are navigating mental health challenges like anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, or addiction, therapy can help you strengthen your connection while caring for one another. Together, we can:
Explore how to offer loving support without losing your own sense of self
Build healthy routines and prepare for challenging moments with compassion
Care for the relationship, so both partners feel seen, supported, and steady
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LGBTQ+ relationships can face unique outside pressures from family, community or society. It can take a toll on even the strongest and most loving relationships. Therapy can be a space where your love is not only accepted, but celebrated.
Navigate family rejection, coming out, or identity exploration with an affirming professional
Strengthen your connection in the face of societal stressors or discrimination
Thrive in a space that honors your relationship, identity and experiences
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Therapists Offering Couples Therapy
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Anu Menon, LCSW
FOUNDER & CLINIC DIRECTOR
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Lise-Marie Giovinetti, LCSW-A
THERAPIST
Change
is real.
Growth
is real.
Healing
is real.
We're here to help you find it.
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How to Get Started
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We are conveniently located at
6 Consultant Pl. Ste 100B, Durham, NC 27707
In-person visits by appointment only.