Couples Therapy & Marriage Counseling | New Mexico

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Building more rewarding connections

Couples Therapy and Marriage Counseling

In Las Cruces and Online across New Mexico

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Do you feel like you and your partner are drifting apart?

Are you feeling tired of the same old issues coming up in your relationship, leaving you both feeling frustrated and disconnected? Or perhaps life has thrown a lot at you lately—whether it's the demands of work, financial struggles, a significant loss, or fertility struggles—and you're wondering if your relationship can withstand it all. You both want to see this work and long to find a way to rekindle the laughter and togetherness you once shared, yet you feel stuck and are unsure how to move forward.

It’s not uncommon for relationships to lose their "spark" as they progress and face stress. Relationships are complex and unique. Each one requires patience, care, and thoughtful attention to grow.

At New Hope Therapy Center, our counselors are dedicated to empowering you to understand each other better, and enhance communication, intimacy, stress management and conflict resolution in your relationship. No matter where you find yourselves in your relationship journey, therapy can help you find your way back to each other and forge a stronger, more fulfilling partnership.

What Can Relational Therapy Help With?

Relational therapy can help with a wide range of issues, including:

High-conflict relationships
Sex and Intimacy
Parenthood, and parenting styles
Navigating blended families, step-families and co-parenting
Financial stress
Fertility struggles

Grief and loss
Infidelity, dishonesty or betrayal
The impacts of medical issues
Life transitions, such as retirement or empty nest
Job stress and unemployment
The impacts of discrimination and societal harms

OUR RELATIONAL THERAPY APPROACH

What is Relational Therapy and How Does it Work?

Also known as couples’ therapy or marriage counseling, relational therapy is time set aside for you and your partner to work on improving your relationship. It provides a confidential and safe forum to explore and work through any issues you are experiencing together.

With the support and guidance of a therapist, you’ll learn to communicate better, so that you both feel seen and heard, improve your intimacy, and resolve your differences in healthy ways. We will resource you with practical skills and strategies that you can implement for years to come.

At New Hope Therapy Center, we help you navigate difficult conversations in ways that keep you both talking, feeling connected, and invite in joy and laughter as powerful tools of reconnection. Whether it's discussing your favourite shared movies, music, or stories, or playing video or role-playing games, our experienced therapists bring creative, innovative approaches to heal bonds in ways that are engaging and meaningful to you.

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Holding Space for all Relationship Stages and Configurations

Our therapists work with any couple across the life course, regardless of where they are in their relationship or how long they’ve been together. In addition to couples therapy, we offer premarital and marriage counseling. We also support couples navigating separation, helping ensure a constructive and respectful process that prioritizes the well-being of everyone involved including children and mutual loved ones. For those who are separated or divorced, we can provide ongoing co-parenting support.

We work with all types of relationships, including LGBTQIA+ couples, and other relational configurations such as consensual non-monogamy and polyamory. Whatever your gender identity, sexuality or relationship structure – you are welcome here. We are also sensitive to intersectional diversities that may be involved such as race and culture, disability, chronic illness, and neurodiversity.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Can relational therapy take place online? Absolutely! We believe therapy should be accessible and convenient, and we are delighted to offer relational therapy from your phone, tablet or computer. Studies have shown that online therapy is equally effective as face-to-face sessions, and all our therapists are trained in telehealth-specific methods. So you and your partner can join from a location of your choice - even if you’re in separate locations - making this an accessible option for couples with busy or clashing schedules.

Will the therapist tell us if they think it’s best for us to go our separate ways? A therapist should never direct you to choose any one option over another. Instead, they guide and support you in making the best decision for yourself and your relationship. Working from a place of compassion and understanding, our counselors work towards the goals that you and your partner identify, and we work to enable you to make thoughtful, intentional, and self-directed decisions regarding your relationship.

What if my partner doesn’t want to attend? While some apprehension at first is common, for couples therapy to be effective, both partners need to be willing to engage in the process and be open to making changes. If your partner isn’t on board right now, individual therapy can be a helpful way for you to process your own feelings and support you with tools to navigate your relationship challenges.

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