Couples Counseling in Vancouver & Spokane

Stronger Together. Healthier Tomorrow.

Every relationship has its challenges. Couples counseling provides a safe, supportive space to improve communication, rebuild connection, and create the relationship you want.

Support for Every Stage of Your Relationship

All couples are welcome at Refresh Therapy. Whether you are dating, living together, engaged, married or anything in betweenβ€”couples therapy can be a great way to improve your relationship. We believe that each couple has its own unique challenges and history, and we tailor our services to meet your specific needs.
Our skilled therapists work with you to identify specific areas of conflict and/or aspects of their relationship that you would like to change.

Some Common Issues We Can Help You Address

Areas covered in premarital counseling can vary, but tend to include:

Repair conversations

Understanding how your past affects your relationship

Affair recovery

Exploring how to meet each other’s needs

Building the connection and intimacy you desire

A Safe Space to Talk, Grow and Reconnect

Working with a therapist in a safe and confidential setting, couples are able to explore how their individual backgrounds, beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors may be impacting their relationship in both positive and negative ways. The therapist may assist the couple with addressing any immediate and pressing problems, as well as developing strategies for protecting and enhancing the long-term health and happiness of their relationship. Talking about your problems with a couples counselor might not be easy, but making the decision to seek help could be the key to having the kind of relationship you are hoping for.

Preparing for Marriage

Getting married is one of the biggest events in one’s life; it is not a commitment to be taken lightly. Refresh Therapy seeks to support couples entering into marriage by teaching the essential components for a successful partnership.

As couples counselors, we have gained great insight into how a marriage works and how people can stay together and thrive in a happy, long-lasting relationship. Our premarital counseling is tailored to your actual relationship and communication dynamics, with guidance based on who you are as individuals and what your relationship needs to thrive.

Amid the excitement and stress of wedding planning, premarital counseling gives you time to slow down and focus on each other. With the help of your therapist, you can explore the qualities that make you an excellent match, as well as areas of difference to be mindful of as your relationship grows. Premarital counseling typically lasts 2–4 sessions, depending on the depth of the topics explored.

Topics You Can Explore

Finances and financial expectations

Communication styles

Expectations for married life

Roles and responsibilities

Sex and intimacy

Children and parenting

Conflict resolution

Evidence-Based Therapies for Lasting Change

Refresh Therapy offers couples counselors that have specific training in and/or are certified in:

EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy)
The Gottman Method for Healthy Relationships (Gottman Therapy)
Murray Bowen's Family Systems Theory

We’re not broken, just bent and we can learn to love again…

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Available at our Cascade Park, Salmon Creek and Waterfront offices in Vancouver, our Spokane Valley office, and by telehealth across Washington. We accept most major insurance plans.