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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 family and couples therapy, neutrality lets people live with profound differences without demanding agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 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

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