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1929: Risks and Benefits of Couple's Therapy by Sara Stanizai of Prospect Therapy on How to Improve Your Relationship

Oct 15, 2023

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Sara Stanizai of Prospect Therapy discusses the risks and benefits of couples therapy. She explores how therapy can improve emotional management, recognize patterns, and enhance intimacy. Factors to consider in couples therapy include willingness, expectations, therapist compatibility, and cost. It is important to carefully consider the risks and benefits before making a decision.

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Couples therapy improves communication and helps couples express their thoughts constructively, leading to better understanding and empathy.

Couples therapy can be emotionally challenging, expensive, and time-consuming, requiring commitment and willingness to make a change in the relationship.

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Benefits of Couples Therapy

Couples therapy provides a safe and supportive environment for couples to discuss their issues, improving communication and helping couples express their thoughts and feelings constructively. Therapy assists couples in working through difficult emotions, such as anger and resentment, by helping them identify and manage their emotions in a safer way. Additionally, couples therapy helps improve intimacy and connection by addressing issues like lack of intimacy or feeling disconnected, allowing couples to reconnect with each other both physically and emotionally. Furthermore, therapy helps couples gain insight into their partner's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, leading to a deeper level of empathy and understanding.

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Benefits and Risks of Couples Therapy

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Factors to Consider in Couples Therapy

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Risks and Benefits of Couples Therapy

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Sara Stanizai of Prospect Therapy talks about the risks and benefits of couple's therapy

Episode 1929: Risks and Benefits of Couple's Therapy by Sara Stanizai of Prospect Therapy on How to Improve Your Relationship

Prospect Therapy is an LGBTQ+ affirming psychotherapy practice that offers quality mental health services to individuals, couples, children and families. Their guiding principles are integrity, generosity and enthusiasm. They support these principles through transparent decision-making, promoting community visibility and access to care, and affirming all identities.

Each of their therapists is LGBTQ+ affirming. They have lived experience and identify as part of the communities they serve, and regularly participate in high quality training, education and consultation with experts in affirming clinical care.

The original post is located here: https://www.prospecttherapy.com/blog/2023/6/5/the-benefits-of-trauma-therapy-for-couples

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