Couples counseling provides a space where both partners can feel heard, understood, and supported. Instead of feeling stuck in the same arguments, in a safe and supporting therapy environment, you can begin to understand what’s really happening beneath the surface.
Many couples discover that when they learn new ways to communicate and understand each other’s needs, their relationship begins to feel calmer, safer, and more connected.
Tell us about your needs, preferences, and insurance, and we’ll match you with a therapist who fits you, not the other way around.
We work with major insurance providers and offer flexible options to make care accessible.
Couples counseling feels like finally slowing down the cycle that keeps pulling you apart. Sessions are structured, supportive, and focused on what’s happening between you, not on assigning blame or rehashing the same arguments.
Many couples come in feeling stuck in familiar patterns: one partner pushing for closeness while the other pulls away, conversations escalating quickly, or conflicts that never seem to fully resolve. Therapy helps create space to pause, listen, and respond differently.
As the emotional tension softens, couples often experience more safety in communication. Difficult topics feel less explosive, misunderstandings become clearer, and moments of connection begin to return.
Couples counseling supports meaningful change by addressing the emotional dynamics beneath conflict.
Helps couples step out of pursue–withdraw and escalation patterns.
Creates space for vulnerability, honesty, and repair.
Supports clearer expression of needs, boundaries, and emotions.
Rebuilds connection so partners feel secure and valued again.
Share what’s going on and what would feel supportive.
We’ll recommend one to two Living Well therapists who fit your preferences and schedule.
Start weekly sessions, build skills, and feel more like yourself in daily life and relationships.
We believe in offering support even if you can’t be in-person. Traffic, weather, childcare, packed calendars, none of that should keep you from getting help.
We help many people remotely who may feel anxious, stuck, or simply not like themselves. You deserve care that fits your life and treats you as a whole human, not a diagnosis.
We see the whole you. Sessions are warm, collaborative, and paced to your nervous system—not a protocol.
Our intake team listens first, then hand-matches you with a best-fit clinician based on goals, style, culture, and lived experience.
We integrate talk therapy with somatic and experiential tools so change is felt, not just discussed.
Inclusive care for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC clients; we meet you where you are with curiosity and respect.
HIPAA-compliant platform, end-to-end encryption, evenings and lunch hours available, continuity when traveling in Illinois.
We’ll verify your benefits and outline costs up front, so there are no surprises.
The first session focuses on understanding your relationship, not on deciding who's right. Your therapist will ask what brings you in, how conflict tends to unfold between you, and what you each hope will change. From there, early sessions concentrate on slowing down reactive patterns so conversations start to feel safer.
Most couples counseling happens with both partners in the room, though your therapist may occasionally suggest an individual session. If one partner is hesitant to start, you can talk through options during the free 15-minute intake call.
Couples counseling helps with communication breakdowns, recurring arguments, emotional distance, trust and intimacy concerns, and betrayal or infidelity. Many couples come in stuck in a familiar cycle, with one partner pushing for closeness while the other pulls away. Therapy helps you see that cycle clearly and respond to each other differently.
Our therapists draw on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman-informed couples work, along with somatic and relational approaches. Treatment typically moves through three phases: stabilizing the relationship, understanding the cycle that drives conflict, and then reconnection and repair.
Yes. Couples counseling is available in person at our Evanston office or by secure video call anywhere in Illinois. Many couples find online sessions easier to fit around work and childcare, and some use a mix of both.
Coverage for couples counseling varies by plan. We accept BlueCross BlueShield PPO, Aetna, Cigna and select United Healthcare insurance plans. We also offer self-pay options. Our billing team will verify your benefits and explain costs up front, so there are no surprises.
The length of couples counseling depends on what you're working on. Most couples start with weekly sessions. Your therapist will check in with you regularly about progress and pacing, and about when to space sessions out.
