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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

It’s like couples therapy sessions, except the “couple” is parent and child on a vacation together.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

When divorce rates rose in the 1970s, couples therapy blossomed.

From New York Times • May 28, 2024

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

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2023

Family therapy, couples therapy, but marriage ultimately failed.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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