What Couples Therapy Looks Like?
Understanding the therapy
In couples therapy, we focus on the relationship and the struggles you are navigating together. Sessions are designed to help both partners express themselves openly, understand each other’s perspectives, and build healthier communication and conflict resolution patterns. The process may include both joint and individual sessions, depending on the concerns involved. Our work is collaborative, respectful, and grounded in evidence-based approaches such as attachment-informed therapy, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)-informed work, and other CBT-based approaches, tailored to the couple’s needs.
Session Duration: 90 minutes.
What to Expect in a Couples Therapy Session
Your first few sessions focus on understanding the relationship, the concerns you are facing, and the patterns that may be creating distress. Over time, therapy helps both partners gain insight, improve communication, and build healthier ways of relating to each other.
A simple way to explain the process:
- Understand the relationship concerns
We explore what feels difficult and what each partner is experiencing. - Identify patterns
We look at repeated cycles in communication, behaviour, and emotional responses. - Build healthier ways of relating
We work on communication, emotional understanding, and conflict resolution.
4. Strengthen the relationship
You begin applying tools that support trust, connection, and long-term change.
Benefits of Couple’s Counselling
Couples therapy can help improve communication, resolve conflict more healthily, and rebuild trust, emotional safety, and connection. Research also suggests it can reduce individual distress and support better emotional well-being. Over time, this can contribute to a healthier relationship and a more stable, fulfilling shared life.
Couples therapy can help you:
Communicate more openly and effectively
Understand each other’s feelings and needs better
Manage conflict in healthier ways
Identify negative relationship patterns
Rebuild trust and emotional safety
Improve emotional and relational intimacy
Feel more connected and supported as partners
Strengthen the foundation of the relationship
Signs It May Be Time to Seek Couple’s Counselling
- The same conflicts repeating without resolution
- Feeling unheard, misunderstood, or emotionally unsupported
- Growing distance, disconnection, or lack of closeness
- Difficulty having calm, open, and respectful conversations
- Trust feeling weakened or strained
- Increasing resentment, frustration, or emotional hurt
- Avoiding important conversations to prevent conflict
- Feeling lonely within the relationship
- Struggles with intimacy, affection, or emotional safety
- Stress from family, work, or life transitions affecting the bond
- Feeling stuck and unsure how to move forward together
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Frequently
Asked Questions
Questions we often asked
Q1: What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy, in simple words, is also called Talk Therapy. It is a collaborative process in which you work with a trained psychologist to understand & better your thoughts, thinking, emotions, behaviours, and patterns that may be causing distress. It provides a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space to explore concerns such as anxiety, stress, emotional overwhelm, self-esteem issues, or feeling stuck.
In individual therapy, sessions are tailored to your specific concerns and goals. The focus is not on giving quick advice, but on helping you build insight, emotional awareness, and practical coping tools that support long-term change and well-being.
Session duration:
Individual therapy sessions typically last 55 to 60 minutes.
Fees:
Fees for individual therapy sessions vary based on the Psychotherapist & years of experience. Current session fees are shared at the time of booking or during the first interaction. Senior Psychotherapist fee is ₹ 2300/- & Junior Pychotherapist fee is ₹ 1400/-
Q2: What is couple’s therapy & how it helps?
Couple’s therapy helps partners understand relationship patterns, improve communication, and address ongoing conflicts or emotional disconnect. It provides a neutral space where both partners can express themselves, feel heard, and work towards healthier ways of relating.
Couples therapy is not about assigning blame or taking sides. Instead, it focuses on understanding interaction cycles, emotional needs, and building skills that strengthen connection, trust, and mutual understanding.
Session duration:
Couples therapy sessions typically last 85 to 90 minutes, as they involve working with both partners together.
Fees:
Fees for couples therapy sessions is ₹ 3450/-
Q3: How much does it cost?
Therapy sessions typically vary based on the therapist you choose to work with.
We understand that cost can be a concern, and we don’t believe it should stand in the way of getting support. Everyone deserves access to quality mental health care. Through our advanced counselling sessions, we’re able to offer options that suit different needs and budgets.
Session Fees:
Riddhi Sagar
Senior Psychotherapist
• Individual Session – ₹2300
• Couple’s Therapy – ₹3450
Nidhi Thakore
Junior Psychotherapist
• Individual Session – ₹1400
Q4: Do you offer online sessions?
Yes we do! We use Zoom as a platform for our online sessions.
Q5: Who is therapy meant for?
Therapy is for anyone who feels emotionally overwhelmed, anxious, stuck in repetitive patterns, struggling in relationships, or finding it difficult to cope with daily stress. You don’t need to be in crisis to seek therapy; many people begin therapy to understand themselves better and improve their emotional well-being.
Q6: How do I know if I need therapy?
If your thoughts, emotions, or behaviours are affecting your sleep, relationships, work, or sense of peace, therapy can help. You might notice constant overthinking, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, irritability, or feeling “not like yourself.” These are signs that support could be useful.
Q7: What concerns do you usually work with?
At Psychoknowmics, we commonly work with:
