Couples Therapy in Philadelphia

Attachment Based Therapy Virginia Carr, LCSW Counselor Fishtown PA

In-person couples therapy in Philadelphia and online for residents of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware


You love one another. Yet, there’s a painful pattern you keep falling into that you can’t seem to get out of on your own.

 Maybe one of you shuts down or withdraws while the other reaches, pulls, or pushes to reconnect.

 Maybe the past year has brought grief, stress, or big life changes. You want to turn towards each other in hard moments, but instead there’s a distance that leaves you hurt and confused, and unsure of how to reconnect. 

Maybe one or both of you are carrying the impact of past trauma — and you’re not sure how to support each other when those old wounds get activated and suddenly your relationship feels on edge.

Couples therapy offers the chance to learn what may not have been modeled: how to stay connected through conflict, take up space and ask for what you need, own your mistakes with vulnerability, and turn toward the person you love, even when your first impulse is to shut down or pull away.

In our work together, you and your partner can begin to:

  • Understand & interrupt the patterns you keep getting pulled into

  • Communicate so that you both feel heard, understood and respected

  • Navigate conflict and disappointment while staying connected

  • Deepen intimacy and closeness with one another

  • Show up more fully as yourselves in the relationship

  • Build resilience to ride through the waves of life together

Your relationship with your partner can be one of the most intimate, meaningful, and safe connections in your life.

Reaching out for support shows both courage and commitment to nurturing that connection and creating the relationship you both want.

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