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couples therapy

American  

noun

  1. a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.


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In 2016, a colleague at NYU introduced me to documentary filmmakers developing a TV series about couples therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

But after months of couples therapy, I knew exactly what he meant.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

A baffling new movie on Amazon Prime paints a trip to Auschwitz as a kind of couples therapy.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2023

And while I don’t pretend to know the professional guidelines for dating someone you’ve treated in couples therapy, I think 18 months is not enough time passed.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Her mom had always said couples therapy was too expensive because they didn’t take insurance, but her dad had offered to pay anyway.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

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