Life doesn’t always go as planned. At times, we all face stress, anxiety, and emotional turmoil—whether due to career setbacks, financial struggles, personal loss, or relationship issues. While we often manage to pick ourselves up, there are moments when the weight of these challenges feels overwhelming. In relationships, especially in marriage, emotional distress can manifest in many ways—misunderstandings, communication breakdowns, unfulfilled expectations, or external pressures that test your bond.
Whether you are newly married or have been together for decades, no relationship is immune to rough patches. Differences in personalities, changing priorities, or even the monotony of daily life can create distance between partners.
However, the good news is that healing and strengthening your bond is possible. If you’re wondering how—then the answer is Couples Therapy. But how exactly does couples therapy work? What makes it so transformative? To help you understand, India’s eminent relationship expert and marriage counsellor Shivani Misri Sadhoo shares five powerful ways in which couples therapy can change your life.
What is Couples Therapy?
When couples face challenges in their relationship, couples therapy offers a supportive environment to address conflicts, emotional distance, infidelity, or external pressures. Through psychotherapy, partners work together to strengthen communication, resolve issues, and rebuild their connection.
5 Ways through which it can help couples are
1. Better Communication
Most of the time, people don’t say what they truly feel. Communication is key to building a strong relationship, and it’s not just about speaking, but also listening. Therapy creates a safe space for both partners to express themselves without judgment. Through couples therapy, you learn to listen actively, speak honestly, and communicate effectively, rather than pointing fingers. Lend your ears, have a candid conversation, and talk openly with each other.
2. Faster Conflict Resolution
Conflicts are common in relationships. In couples therapy, you and your partner can learn to resolve them healthily. A therapist helps identify triggers and patterns and understand each other’s perspectives.
You’ll use “I” statements, set boundaries, and avoid defensiveness. These skills improve understanding, forgiveness, and productive discussions. With practice, you’ll address issues calmly, strengthening your relationship and reducing tension.
3. Identify The Root Cause
Every relationship faces challenges, but sometimes, small issues grow into big problems when left unaddressed. Couples therapy helps identify the root causes of conflicts, even those you may have overlooked.
A therapist provides guidance, helping you understand past patterns and offering tools to heal and strengthen your bond. By uncovering hidden tensions and miscommunications, therapy allows couples to resolve conflicts effectively and build a healthier, more fulfilling relationship.
4. Regain Your Trust
Trust is the foundation of any strong relationship, but once broken, it can cause deep emotional pain and distance. Infidelity, dishonesty, or past betrayals can make rebuilding trust feel impossible.
Couples therapy offers a structured way to heal. It helps partners communicate openly, understand each other’s pain, and rebuild their bond. Through guided conversations and emotional support, therapy fosters forgiveness, strengthens connections, and paves the way for a healthier future together.
5. Beginning of A Healthy Relationship
No relationship is perfect, and challenges are inevitable. The key to a strong partnership is learning how to navigate difficult times with effective coping skills. Couples therapy helps partners understand each other’s needs, manage emotions, and improve communication.
It’s not just about fixing problems but also about building a foundation for long-term happiness. Learning conflict resolution and emotional regulation strengthens the bond, making the relationship more fulfilling and resilient.
In a nutshell, couples therapy is a transformative tool that strengthens communication, resolves conflicts faster, uncovers hidden issues, rebuilds trust, and lays the foundation for a healthier relationship. No matter the challenges, therapy helps partners reconnect, understand each other deeply, and create a resilient, fulfilling bond that stands the test of time. Investing in your relationship is always worth it.
Shivani Misri Sadhoo is an internationally recommended relationship counsellor by the world’s biggest and most trusted study and research-based foundation for couples therapy – Gottman Institute. She is trained in specialised key relationship counselling Skills from AIIMS, VIMHANS and various other reputed institutions. Counsellor Shivani Misri Sadhoo is also certified in emotionally focused therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and dialectical behaviour therapy.
Counselor Shivani Misri Sadhoo is also a Certified Neuro Linguistic Practitioner with specialized training and experience in the field of affairs/betrayals, trust issues, difficulty communicating, conflicting values, bereavement, grief and loss (affairs, separation, divorce, childhood) and emotional health issue (anxiety, social anxiety, fear, depression, low mood).
Currently, Shivani Misri Sadhoo is one of the top counselors with the HIGHEST Success Rate with over 17,000 happy couples and individuals (based in India and abroad), who has benefited from her therapy. Psychologist and Counselor Shivani Misri Sadhoo not only practices independently from her clinic in Greater Kailash, Delhi, India, but also is listed on the panel of eminent hospitals like IBS Hospital Panel – Institute of Brain and Spine, Express Clinic, Fortis (formerly) based in Delhi.
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