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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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For almost my entire adult life, I’d been in therapy, but it was couples therapy with David where I felt supported enough to admit, first to myself, that I’d been terrified of being fully myself.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 19, 2025

Traditional couples therapy training often involves watching videotapes of therapy sessions, or observing them, with the patients’ permission, through one-way mirrors.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2023

Decide what boundary you want to set with him and go over it during your next couples therapy appointment.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2023

Family therapy, couples therapy, but marriage ultimately failed.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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