Couples Therapy

Couples Therapy in Charlotte, NC

Strengthen Your Relationship with Evidence-Based Counseling Rooted in the Gottman Method

Rekindle Connection, Improve Communication, and Build a Lasting Partnership

Every couple faces challenges—but you don’t have to navigate them alone. Whether you're dealing with conflict, growing apart, or facing life transitions, couples therapy can help you and your partner build a stronger, more connected relationship.

At Charlotte Women’s Counseling, we offer evidence-based couples therapy rooted in the Gottman Method, one of the most researched and effective approaches to improving relationships.

What is the Gottman Method?

Developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, the Gottman Method Couples Therapy is based on over 40 years of research with thousands of couples. This approach helps partners:

• Improve communication and reduce defensiveness

• Resolve conflicts with respect and care

• Build friendship, emotional intimacy, and trust

• Strengthen shared meaning, values, and life goals

• Increase emotional attunement and affection

Is Couples Therapy Right for You?

Couples therapy can support you if you’re experiencing:

• Constant arguments or unresolved conflict

• Emotional distance or lack of intimacy

• Infidelity or trust issues

• Life transitions (new baby, moving, career changes)

• Disagreements around parenting, finances, or priorities

• Feeling stuck, unheard, or disconnected in your relationship

Our Approach to Couples Counseling

We tailor therapy to your unique relationship, using structured assessments and proven interventions. You’ll learn:

• How to communicate without blame or escalation

• What patterns are keeping you stuck—and how to change them

• How to repair after conflict and rebuild trust

• Strategies for staying connected emotionally, physically, and mentally

Our therapists create a safe, neutral space where both partners feel heard and supported. We are trained in Gottman Method interventions and bring a trauma-informed, inclusive, and culturally responsive lens to our work with couples.

LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Affirming Couples Therapy

We honor all forms of love and relationships. Our couples therapy is inclusive of LGBTQ+ couples, interracial partnerships, and non-traditional relationship structures. Healing and growth happen when you feel seen and respected—together.

What to Expect

• A thorough Gottman Relationship Assessment

• Weekly or bi-weekly 53-minute sessions with a trained couples therapist

• Guided tools to practice outside of sessions

• A collaborative approach focused on lasting change and relational wellness.

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Couples therapy can be used to enhance an already healthy relationship as well as reconnect a struggling couple. Using an evidence and research-based approach, couples therapy is available to support struggling relationships and transform problems. We will work collaboratively to respectfully understand the issues and pain-points which are creating strain on the relationship. Furthermore, premarital counseling is also an option to explore the couple relationship as well as marriage.

 

Issues that bring couples to therapy include:

• Work-Life-Family Balance 

• Mental Illness

• Extended Family

• Blended Family 

• Intimacy 

• Pre-marital

• Conflict/Relationship Distress

• Communication Issues

• Transitional Stress

• Relationship Maintenance 

• Grief/Loss

• Parenting

• Family Conflict

 

We are here to help you create the relationship you desire! At Charlotte Women’s Counseling, we want to cultivate a space for every family, couple, and individual to live authentically and feel empowered in your relationships. Learn more about our therapists who offer Couples Counseling below:

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Meet Jenny Graham, LCMHCA

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Meet Toni Mason, LCMHCA

 

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