Couples Counseling Chicago
Reconnect with your spouse and fall in love again
Couples counseling Chicago
In person Couples Counseling in Chicago
You feel like you are drifting apart
You feel desperate. The disconnection between you and your spouse does not feel good. It’s been so difficult lately, you feel like you are drifting apart and that feels scary, it gives you anxiety. You try so hard but feel like you can’t do anything right in their eyes. Sometimes it leaves you thinking “what’s the point, why bother?” And that concerns you because you don’t want to not care. The truth is that you do care, you actually miss your spouse, you miss being together, going out on dates, and having fun. But lately, it’s been so hard to see eye to eye and you seem to be arguing “for nothing”. It’s like you are speaking a different language.
The distance between you almost feels like a warning sign. You knew that you wouldn’t ever want to have the kind of relationship that was modeled to you growing up. Yet somehow the disconnection, the not talking, and the arguing feel way too familiar. You don’t want to separate and neither does your spouse, you want to receive help before it gets any worse.
I hear you, and I’m here to guide you in drawing closer to your spouse again.
Learn how to reconnect with your spouse emotionally through couples counseling in Chicago
My name is Lisaura, and as a licensed counselor and dance therapist, I help married couples who want to stay together identify and work through the barriers disrupting their intimacy. I can help you and your spouse identify the negative pattern of relating and communicating that is keeping you stuck in disconnection and create opportunities for new bonding moments.
Through in-person couples therapy, we will co-create a safe environment where you can practice listening to one another, share painful situations and vulnerable emotions openly, and reconnect with empathy. As you “try on” a new way of relating, you will notice an improvement in the communication between you and your spouse.
Grow as a couple and learn how to connect with your partner on a deeper level
Although we won’t go deep into childhood history, what you and your spouse learned about emotions and relationships growing up will be discussed, and together we will explore how it has influenced the way you relate to each other now. Identifying some of the beliefs and narratives from your childhood that you no longer want for yourselves will help us illuminate the kind of relationship you are hoping to build together.
During sessions, you will be invited to slow down and pay attention to what you are experiencing in your body as well as to non-verbal cues from one another. From time to time, I may also suggest the use of partner movement and supportive contact to help you and your spouse regain affection and connection.