marital therapy

American  

noun

1. a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.

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Example Sentences

Reflecting on the conflict between her parents, Sophie Freud wryly observed that her grandfather did “not believe in marital therapy, at least in this case.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

Judy Small — Michaela Watkins — takes them in and they go down the rabbit hole of marital therapy.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2020

There are ways to do marital therapy that focus more exclusively on the dance that people are doing—helping them coordinate, communicate, play off each other better.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2016

That’s what Johanna and I were doing, going to marital therapy.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 11, 2013

"How do our marriage enrichment groups differ from group marital therapy on the one hand, and from encounter groups on the other?"

From Marriage Enrichment Retreats Story of a Quaker Project by Mace, D. R. (David Robert)