How to Use couples therapy in a Sentence

couples therapy

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  • This was the essential bait and switch of couples therapy.
    — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • When divorce rates rose in the 1970s, couples therapy blossomed.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 28 May 2024
  • Even couples therapy is going really well and her husband, Kyle, is about to move back in.
    — Josie Howell | , al, 24 Mar. 2023
  • And, as with all relationship troubles, couples therapy may be a helpful resource in mastering these skills — and learning to break through the stone wall in the process.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Maggie abruptly leaves her couples therapy session with Winston when she's called to the ER to assist Amelia with a trauma patient.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Before throwing in the towel, start by asking your husband to attend couples therapy with you.
    — Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • As for exes Theo and Kaz, Amber leads them in a couples therapy session to try and form a new friendship, which is going surprisingly well!
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • View full post on Instagram May 2022: Perry opens up about doing couples therapy with Bloom.
    — Starr Bowenbank, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Clare sputters and stammers her way through couples therapy sessions.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
  • At the end of the day, a true friendship is at the foundation of their nearly 10-year relationship, while couple-care practices like biking, baths, couples therapy, and massages keep things strong.
    — Akili King, Essence, 30 May 2024
  • Sunday's episode saw Drew and Ralph return to couples therapy while occupying different beds in their shared home.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The programs feature some of the same language and tools as group or couples therapy, but the founders say their offerings are not intended to replace professional treatment.
    — Fortune, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Various outlets have reported that the two were sorting out their issues in couples therapy.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
  • Their political argument never moves beyond talking points, but Youssef aims for more with the second run-in, which involves his wife in couples therapy.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Keep trying -- in couples therapy and in individual therapy, for both of you.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • If these conversations don’t improve, going to couples therapy might help.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 May 2024
  • And, while Jennifer Aydin had been relatively subdued in her relationships with the women this week, she did get fired up during her first couples therapy session with husband Bill.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Twenty years into their career, de Rosnay and Augé discuss their relationship in couples therapy terms (outside of Justice, both are unmarried).
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In promoting her new album Chemistry, which chronicles the heartbreak of the last three years, Clarkson also talked about her appreciation for both individual and couples therapy.
    — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 30 June 2023
  • With a universal shortage of therapists, AI will play a major role in couples therapy by providing real-time feedback and suggestions during discussions.
    — Neil Sahota, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • David Helfand, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist specializing in couples therapy retreats, neurofeedback, and brain mapping.
    — Tianna Soto, Women's Health, 27 July 2023
  • In addition to group therapy, Thriveworks offers individual, family, and couples therapy, with providers who specialize in child and adolescent mental health care.
    — Amy Marschall, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The field of couples therapy is crowded with institutes and formal techniques, but Ms. Perel has resisted embracing a particular ideology.
    — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The actors processed their characters’ relationship by attending couples therapy in character as Adonis and Bianca.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Being honest about your doubts is the first step toward understanding each other’s perspectives and, ideally, finding solutions together, like making more of an effort to spend quality time together, for instance, or trying couples therapy.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Effective couples therapy is rare but not impossible and can occur only when the narcissistic partner acknowledges that their expectations are unreasonable and destructive.
    — Fortune Well, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Aguirre offers group therapy as well as individual and couples therapy and psychological assessments.
    — Amy Marschall, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Individual issues might be hindering teamwork Sometimes, individual issues can prevent couples therapy from being effective.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Beamer blows his money on maintaining a Hollywood life style (couples therapy, black-market weight-loss drugs, his wife’s dermatologist-cum-psychologist).
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • The host and relationship experts set challenges and meetings including couples therapy sessions as well as unconventional bonding activities, to test if the couples’ internet love can survive off the screen.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 June 2024

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