Couples Therapy

Couple’s therapy has had a long history of helping couples who are somewhere on the couple challenge continuum between being in some form of crisis to simply dealing with a kind of relationship malaise.  Couple’s therapy can be a very powerful way to heal and change a relationship so that the love between two people can be reignited and where the couple can learn anew how to understand and support each other.

Research has shown that 75% of couples who receive couple’s therapy are better off than couples who did not receive couple’s therapy, particularly if the therapy is focused on building the emotional bonds of the couple and that also aims for the “individuation” or improved sense of self, and emotional maturity of each person in the relationship. (Pinsof & Wynne, 1995)

Couple’s seek therapy and receive help for a variety of struggles.  Some of which include:

• Trust issues and Infidelity
• Financial Issues
• Anger/Hostility Management
• Communication Breakdowns
• Grief
• Sexual Issues
• Challenges with Children
• Emotional Intimacy Breakdowns
• Challenges with Depression and Anxiety

Jeff Conway’s approach, which is greatly influenced by Schema Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy, has addressed the above issues with couples and has helped them make real, positive and lasting changes.

Emotionally Focused Therapy is an integrative form of couple’s therapy which blends thinking from Systems Centered Therapy and Attachment Theory.  The basic thesis of this form of therapy is that most couples in a crisis or struggle still have a basic need for connection and understanding.  The means by which this connection and understanding is repaired is through learning how to develop emotional understanding for each other.  Once there is a stronger understanding of each other, it will be much easier to problem-solve whatever issues the couple faces. EFT.CA

 This form of therapy compliments Schema Therapy in that an important aspect of a couple improving understanding of each other includes appreciating the familial roots of each other’s struggles and the reasons why it is so challenging to make important life changes.  Schematherapy.com (link to website)

Couples seeking therapy can gain the following:

* Improved communication, especially at times of stress
* Deeper understanding of each other and how to better relate to each other
* Better skills at negotiating and enjoying sexual relations
* Skills for building and strengthening trust with each other
* Better understanding of how to support each other at times of stress
* Improved parenting skills
* Skills for expressing anger and frustration at times of conflict
* Improved perspective on reality of challenges inherent in relationships

For more information, or to set up an appointment, Please call Jeff Conway at 212/481-2460.  His office is located at 315 5th Avenue (on the corner of 5th Avenue and 32nd Street) in suite 707.