Couples Therapy in Washington, DC
Two demanding careers, one relationship running on the leftovers. Or twenty good years and a distance neither of you can date the start of. Or one conversation — money, sex, the future — that you've learned to have badly or not at all.
Couples come to us in every configuration and every stage. What they share is the decision to stop letting the pattern drive.
What couples bring
- The same argument with interchangeable topics
- Distance, parallel lives, the roommate feeling
- Desire differences and intimacy that went quiet
- Rebuilding after betrayal
- Deciding-something-big: marriage, kids, moves, endings
- Communication that turns technical topics radioactive
How we work with couples
The structure is Gottman Method — four decades of research on what functioning couples actually do differently. We map how you fight and how you repair, where contempt or stonewalling has crept in, and rebuild the friendship and trust systems the relationship runs on.
Doctorate-level sex therapy is in the room. Desire and sex can be discussed as directly as finances — clinically, comfortably, and without euphemism.
Expect structure. Sessions have direction, and there's work between them.
Practical details
Couples sessions are 55 minutes at $215, sliding scale $150–194. In person at One Franklin Square or via telehealth across DC — including split-location sessions when one of you is traveling. Start with a free 15-minute consultation.
Common questions
Ready to begin?
The 15-minute consult is where most people begin.