Couples Therapy for 1
Typically, couples counseling involves working with a couple to improve their communication, repair broken trust, and rekindle intimacy. Both partners come in weekly to air their grievances, and leave with a task to practice before next session. Couples Therapy for 1 is not simply that; this form of therapy goes much deeper. Couples Therapy for 1 focuses on the individual who chooses to come to therapy in order to work on their own issues, so that they can bring their highest quality self to the relationship. This work focuses on finding your hidden (or not so hidden) issues, figuring out how they are impacting you and your relationship, and processing through them so that you can come out on the other side a person who succeeds and finds joy in relationships.
Why Do Couples Therapy This way?
Stemming from my work as a relational and systemic therapist, I believe that any change made in one part of a system (ex. a relationship) can cause or create change in the rest of that system. How we individually show up in our relationships, or any growth that we work towards as an individual, will in turn shift our relationships. Let me tell you a bit more about how I use this principle to help people improve and grow connection within relationships.
I approach the relationship with self as being priority because the relationship that we have with ourselves impacts all of our external relationships- intimate partner relationships, relationships with our friends and family, relationships with colleagues at work, and how we view ourselves in relation to our community/the world. Oftentimes we don’t realize how our past experiences are impacting how we think, act, and operate in relation to others. But please don’t misunderstand me here. It is not your fault that you experienced these hurtful past situations that are now impacting your connection with others; but it is important to look at what happened, what meaning our brain assigned about ourselves and others because of those experiences, and how it impacts you and your relationships today if you want to move forward towards healthy and fulfilling relationships. For this reason, effective couples therapy can involve just one person.
Couples Therapy for 1; Marriage Therapy for 1; Relationship Therapy for 1 near me in Jackson, MS. Now offering telehealth sessions to Mississippi residents all over the state!
What does Couples therapy for 1 look like?
My style of doing couples’ work involves seeing one person for individual therapy. The individual to attend relationship or couples therapy for 1 is often not the one who “messed up” (but sometimes they are). People can find great benefit from having the opportunity to share their experience in a non-judgmental and supportive environment, be given the chance to identify their needs and what they feel is missing in their relationships, process through hurtful or confusing experiences, as well as gain clarity on what they want for the future without their partner being in the therapy room with them. One person can make meaningful change in themselves and in their relationships. There may be times when the partner is brought into sessions, but that would not necessarily be the norm for this type of therapy.
Systemic change starts with one part of the system (ex. relationship) experiencing transformation, so let’s get started on this imperative work which will allow us as individuals to show up as our best selves in our relationships.
If you have additional questions about what this style of couples therapy looks like or whether it may be a good fit for you, feel free to reach out by sending an email to our therapist below.
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