Couples Therapy in Cedar Rapids and North Liberty
Are you Struggling in Your Relationship?
- Constantly Fighting or No Longer Fighting
- Feelings of Contempt and Resentment
- Feeling Lonely in Your Relationship
- Gridlocked on Certain Issues
- History of Addiction
- History of Infidelity
- Lack of Intimacy
- Lack of Respect
Is Couples Therapy Right For Us?
Whether you’re in a serious relationship, engaged, or married, every relationship requires attention. Perhaps your relationship is facing a crisis, and you’ve considered the possibility of separation or divorce. Or maybe you and your partner just need a ‘tune-up’ with some guidance on how to reconnect.
Couples therapy can help to break toxic habits and build new and better ones. It can strengthen healthy relationships and repair the hurt after infidelity, addiction and constant conflict.
During sessions, your therapist will explore a variety of topics, including communication styles, conflict resolution, love languages, and strategies for reconnecting. Many of our therapists are trained in techniques by marriage experts such as Drs. John and Julie Gottman and Dr. Gary Chapman.
Some of our clinicians also offer Discernment Counseling (DC), designed for couples uncertain about their decision to remain in the marriage, helping them gain clarity and confidence in their choices.
Couples work is available at our Cedar Rapids office and our North Liberty office, in person or by video. Sessions in Spanish are available at both.
Discernment Counseling
Included as part of couples therapy for mix-agenda couples, where there is one leaning-out partner and one leaning-in partner.
- Gain a greater confidence in decision making about the future of the relationship.
- Typically a brief counseling modality between 1-5 sessions.
- Format includes sessions individually and together with a clinician.
- Explore 3 paths the couple can take: Status Quo, Divorce/Seperation or Possible Reconciliation.
- The goal is to help the couple determine whether they want to work on resolving their issues.
Couples Therapy
For couples who have decided to work to solve their problems and move forward with strengthening their relationship.
- Strengthen the friendship system within the relationship and deepen emotional connection.
- Enhance fondness and admiration for one another, while better recognizing bids for attention and connection.
- Improve communication skills.
- Manage conflict by replacing harmful patterns with tools such as a “gentle startup” and repair attempts.
- Support shared goals and values within the couple.
- Restore and build trust, especially if there has been betrayal or dishonesty within the relationship.
Frequently Asked Questions
Whether you’re dating, engaged, or married, every relationship can benefit from attention. Couples therapy helps if you’re facing constant conflict, feeling lonely or disconnected, gridlocked on issues, or recovering from infidelity, addiction, or loss of trust — or even if you just want a “tune-up” to reconnect.
Many of our therapists are trained in techniques from marriage experts such as Drs. John and Julie Gottman and Dr. Gary Chapman (the “love languages”). Sessions explore communication styles, conflict resolution, and strategies for reconnecting.
Discernment Counseling is a brief option (usually 1-5 sessions) for couples who are unsure whether to stay together. It helps a “leaning-out” and a “leaning-in” partner gain clarity and confidence by exploring three paths: staying as-is, separating, or working toward reconciliation. The goal is to decide whether to commit to couples therapy.
Yes. Couples therapy can help repair hurt after infidelity, addiction, or ongoing conflict, and work to restore and rebuild trust when both partners are willing.
Yes. We offer in-person couples therapy in Cedar Rapids and North Liberty, plus telehealth sessions across Iowa.
Reach out through our online request form or call us at 319-853-8762, and we’ll match you with the right therapist. The request form takes only about 2 to 4 minutes to complete.