Couples Therapy in Austin, TX
It's time to break the cycle.
If the same issues keep resurfacing – money, intimacy, parenting, or communication – you’re not alone. Our therapists work with you to understand what’s driving those patterns and how to move forward.
Benefits of Couples counseling
Improve Communication
Learn to express your needs and better understand your partner.
Break Unhealthy Patterns
Recognize recurring cycles and learn new ways to respond to each other.
Rebuild Trust
Create greater emotional safety, intimacy, and closeness in your relationship.
Navigate Life Together
Develop practical tools for handling conflict, transitions, and challenges as a team.
What Is Couples Therapy?
Couples therapy is a collaborative process that helps partners understand the patterns affecting their relationship and learn healthier ways to communicate, navigate conflict, and reconnect.
Rather than having the same arguments over and over, therapy gives you space to understand what’s underneath the conflict and develop practical tools to move forward together.
Couples Counseling Can Help With:
- Communication breakdowns
- Frequent or recurring arguments
- Intimacy & emotional disconnection
- Rebuilding trust after betrayal
- Parenting disagreements
- Premarital concerns
- Feeling more like roommates than partners
How it works
Schedule a Consultation
Reach out to schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation. If you’re not sure which therapist is right for you, our Office Manager can help!
Meet Your Therapist
Connect with your therapist to see if it feels like a good fit. If you’d like to move forward, they can help you schedule your first session.
Get Started!
Together, you’ll build insight, learn practical tools, and develop real-life strategies towards meaningful change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your therapist will help you identify patterns that may be keeping you stuck and better understand each other’s needs and perspectives. You’ll also learn practical tools for communication, conflict resolution, and connection that you can use outside of sessions.
Not at all. Couples therapy can help with significant relationship challenges, but it can also be a space to strengthen communication, deepen connection, or work through concerns before they become larger issues.
That’s common. Your therapist can help each of you identify what you want from therapy and create space for both perspectives as you determine how you’d like to move forward.
Our therapists draw from evidence-based approaches including the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), depending on your needs and your therapist’s training.
Meet Our Couples Counselors
Brenna Patterson
MAC, LMFT Associate
Works with teens, adults, and families navigating neurodivergence, emotional regulation, relationship concerns, and substance use. Read Brenna’s full profile!
Sarah Kerwin Carlin
MA, LPC & LMFT ASSOCIATE
Supports individuals, couples, and families through relationship challenges, grief, trauma, and family conflict. Read Sarah’s full profile!
Emily Pearce
MA, LMFT Asscociate
Works with adults, couples, and families with ADHD, Autism, communication challenges, trauma, and life transitions. Read Emily’s full profile!
Cissy Castillo
LMFT, LCDC-I
Helps adults, couples, and families overcome trauma, relationship concerns, family dynamics, and women navigating later chapters of life. Read Cissy’s full profile!
Schedule your free 15-minute phone consultation to learn more!