What have we all heard about long distance relationships?
They don’t work.
Of course, this isn’t always true.
Long-distance relationships can work; they just have some unique challenges you need to be aware of.
If you’re loving your partner from afar, here are four major reasons why couples counseling is exactly what you need to keep your union strong.
1. Coup1les Counseling Improves Communication in Long-Distance Relationships
Communication is key in every relationship. However, it’s especially important in long-distance unions because technically, that’s all you have.
If you struggle to communicate effectively, a therapist can help you and your partner learn how to communicate well.
In fact, one of the best aspects of a long-distance relationship is it provides a unique opportunity for you to zero in on those communication skills. Since you are long-distance, you’ll get a chance to practice what you learn in couples counseling regularly.
2. Couples Counseling Helps Achieve Structure and Stability in Long-Distance Relationships
Your therapist can help the two of you create routines aimed at connections that help keep you close. This can revolve around shared virtual activities, such as having dinner together and scheduling regular video conversations.
If intimacy is an issue, this can be addressed in session as well.
3. Couples Counseling Helps Create a Shared Vision for Your Long-Distance Relationship
Often, the future can be somewhat of a gray area in long-distance unions.
Regardless of the duration of the long-distance aspect of your relationship, it’s imperative that you share a vision of the future you both work towards.
Therapy is an excellent way to overcome some of the hurdles that are currently keeping you apart. Part of the process involves building a shared and doable vision for the future.
4. Couples Counseling, When You’re in a Long-Distance Relationship, Helps Address Issues Many Couples Commonly Face
Often, those in long-distance relationships never think of couples counseling as an option: Many people still think of therapy as something that happens when you’re all together in the same room. Yet with today’s technology, that is simply no longer the case.
Today, more than half of those who seek therapy utilize online sessions. Today’s technology makes it easy for three people in different locations to connect virtually, see each other, and have a conversation.
Seeking couples counseling when you’re in a long-distance relationship is easy, and it’s one of the best methods available to strengthen your relationship. Your therapist will help you mitigate some of the challenges that arise from long-distance relationships, as well as other issues that commonly arise in relationships.
At the Relationship Therapy Center, our clinicians are here for you. We offer in-person sessions in Roseville and Fair Oaks, but virtual sessions are available to those all over the world.
Give us a call today. Long distance or not, we’re here to ensure your relationship thrives.
Begin Couples Counseling in the Sacramento Area:
If you are ready to learn how to deal with the problems in your relationship, the therapists at The Relationship Therapy Center in Fair Oaks, CA and Roseville, CA can help! Our therapists are ready to support you and your partner in your journey towards creating a healthy and happy relationship. To begin marriage counseling in Roseville, CA area, or marriage counseling in Fair Oaks, please follow these three simple steps:
- Contact our counseling office to get more information about couples counseling and to schedule a free consultation.
- Make an appointment with one of our Gottman Method trained therapists.
- Find support and healing in your relationship!
Other Services Offered at The Relationship Therapy Center in California:
In addition to couples counseling, Our Sacramento area counseling clinics located in Roseville and Fair Oaks, CA are pleased to offer a variety of mental health services. Our couples counseling services include: Counseling after infidelity, sex therapy, co-parent counseling, family therapy, divorce counseling, couples therapy retreats, and premarital counseling. Our individual therapy services include, anxiety treatment, trauma therapy, teen therapy, therapy for children, codependency counseling, depression treatment, and individual relationship counseling. We also offer online counseling to California residents. Please contact our office to learn more about the many ways we can help you and your loved ones.
Certified Gottman Therapist
Nancy Ryan, LMFT & Certified Gottman Therapist, is the Founder and Clinical Director of Relationship Therapy Center, with 15+ years of experience supporting clients in Sacramento, Placer, and El Dorado Counties, and with offices in Roseville, CA, and Fair Oaks, CA. Our team also supports clients throughout California, Idaho, and Washington
She specializes in couples counseling, mentoring, and training her therapists on how to be excellent therapists. Nancy is also featured in a variety of media and provides couples therapy weekend workshops and retreats.
Relationship Therapy Center uses evidence-based approaches such as EMDR for trauma, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing to treat individuals. Family therapy focuses on family systems and Play Therapy for children. Evidence-based couples therapy includes using the Gottman Method, Gottman Method Affair recovery/infidelity counseling, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Attachment therapy, and David Schnarch's Crucible Therapy, including differentiation. The whole team is in weekly training on trauma-informed care, somatic techniques, sex therapy, and different topics each year.
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