Couples therapy
When Connection Feels Lost, We Help You Find Your Way Back to Each Other
Couples therapy offers hope when your relationship feels stuck, distant, or weighed down by recurring conflicts, when you're wondering if things can ever feel the way they used to. At Wilde Counseling, we work with couples who are ready to reconnect, heal, and build the relationship they want, one that feels like home again.
Couples therapy at our Atlanta-based practice is available both in-person and online for partners navigating communication breakdowns, trust issues, intimacy challenges, and the impact of past trauma on current relationships. We prioritize relationship over business, creating a safe space where both partners feel heard, understood, and supported.
Who We Work With
We welcome couples at every stage of their journey, including adults, young adults, and LGBTQ partners. Many of the couples we serve are dealing with:
Anxiety that creates disconnection or conflict
Complex trauma affecting intimacy and trust
Relational wounds from past relationships or family experiences
Communication patterns that leave both partners feeling unheard
Life transitions creating unexpected strain
Questions around identity, faith and spirituality
Addiction impacting the relationship
Difficulties with dissociation or staying present with each other
We particularly work with women in their mid-twenties to thirties who are committed to doing deep, meaningful work on their relationships. If you're feeling more like roommates than partners, caught in the same arguments repeatedly, or questioning whether your relationship can heal, you're in the right place.
Our Approach to Couples Therapy
At Wilde Counseling, we don't believe in one-size-fits-all approaches. Every relationship is unique, and we take time to understand your specific dynamics, histories, and needs before moving forward. Our approach is deeply relational. We believe healing happens in the context of safe, authentic connection.
We draw from several evidence-based therapeutic approaches:
Emotion Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) is the primary lens through which we approach couples work. This humanistic, evidence-based approach draws from attachment theory to help you create secure, vibrant connection with yourself and each other. EFT recognizes that beneath conflict and disconnection are unmet attachment needs, and healing happens when partners can express these needs vulnerably and respond to each other with care and understanding.
Attachment-Focused Therapy helps us understand how your early relationship experiences influence how you show up in your partnership today. When you understand your attachment patterns, you can work with them more consciously and compassionately.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers insight into the different parts of yourself that emerge during conflict. Maybe there's a part that shuts down, gets critical, or desperately seeks reassurance. IFS helps you recognize these aren't your whole selves. They're protective parts trying to keep you safe.
Somatic Experiencing recognizes that relationship distress lives in your body as tension, shutdown, or activation. We help you tune into physical sensations and use them as information about what you need, building capacity to stay present during difficult conversations.
Polyvagal Theory helps us understand your nervous system's role in relationship dynamics. When you're in a state of threat, it's nearly impossible to access empathy or communicate effectively. We help you recognize your nervous system states and develop practices for returning to safety and connection.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can be integrated into couples work when individual trauma creates barriers to intimacy or triggers intense reactions in your current relationship.
AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) emphasizes the healing power of positive emotional experiences. Rather than focusing solely on what's broken, we help you notice and amplify moments of connection and love that still exist between you.
The modalities we use aren't rigid protocols. They're tools we draw from thoughtfully based on what makes sense for your unique situation.
What to Expect
Free 20-Minute Consultation
Before you commit to anything, we offer a free consultation call. This is your opportunity to share what's bringing you to therapy, ask questions about our approach, and get a sense of whether we're the right fit. We believe the therapeutic relationship is everything, so connection matters from the start.
If we decide to move forward together, we'll walk you through a simple, stress-free onboarding process. We prioritize making this easy because the administrative side of starting therapy shouldn't add to your stress.
Your First Sessions
In early sessions, our primary focus is creating safety and understanding. We'll explore your relationship history, what brought you together, what you've been through, and what's bringing you to therapy now. We'll begin identifying the patterns keeping you stuck and paying attention to how your nervous systems respond to each other and the conversation.
Ongoing Work
Sessions typically happen weekly or biweekly, scheduled at least a month out to ensure continuity of care. You always have flexibility to change or reschedule if needed. We're not homework-heavy, but we may suggest practices between sessions when appropriate and helpful.
We operate from a people-first philosophy. If you come in with something urgent happening in your relationship, we'll address that. Your real-time needs always take priority. While we don't offer crisis services, we can serve as a bridge and provide access to appropriate resources if needed.
The Benefits You Can Expect
Couples who commit to therapy often discover benefits beyond solving the immediate problem that brought them in:
Learn to navigate conflict while staying regulated and connected
Understand each other's fears, needs, and vulnerabilities more deeply
Reconnect with the love and friendship that formed your foundation
Develop tools for handling future challenges more effectively
Heal old wounds that have been creating barriers to intimacy
Gain clarity about your path forward, whatever that looks like for you
Grow as individuals while strengthening your partnership
Why Choose Wilde Counseling
Relationship Over Business. You're not a file number to us. You're real people with real struggles, and we treat you that way. We prioritize connection, safety, and your wellbeing above all else.
Ongoing Training and Consultation. We're committed to ongoing supervision and training to ensure we're providing ethical, evidence-based care. We stay connected to the larger therapeutic community because we believe in continually growing as therapists.
We Practice What We Teach. We value our own mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health because we can only offer you the presence and care you deserve when we're taking care of ourselves.
Flexible Options. We offer both in-person sessions at our Atlanta location and online sessions for clients who need the convenience of virtual therapy.
Ready to Begin?
Reaching out for couples therapy takes courage. It means acknowledging you can't figure this out alone, and that vulnerability is a sign of strength.
Your relationship's story isn't finished yet. With the right support, relationships have tremendous capacity for healing and growth. We've seen couples move from the brink of separation to renewed intimacy. We've watched partners learn to understand and support each other in ways they never thought possible.
Whether you're in crisis or just feeling stuck, whether you're both committed to change or one of you is skeptical, there's room for you here. We don't expect you to have it all figured out. That's what we're here to help with.
Take the first step. Contact Wilde Counseling today to schedule your free 20-minute consultation. Let's talk about what's happening in your relationship and explore how couples therapy can support you in creating the connection you want.
We look forward to walking this journey with you.
Frequently Asked Questions About Couples Therapy
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Couples therapy can be helpful at any stage of a relationship. You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from support. If you're experiencing recurring conflicts, feeling disconnected, struggling with trust issues, or going through major life transitions, therapy can provide valuable tools and perspective. The best indicator is simply whether both partners are willing to show up and do the work, even when it feels uncomfortable.
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Your first session begins with creating safety and understanding. We'll explore your relationship history, what brought you together, and what's bringing you to therapy now. We'll start identifying patterns in your communication and connection, and you'll get a sense of how we work. This is also your opportunity to ask questions and make sure we feel like the right fit for your needs.
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Every couple's journey is unique, so there's no standard timeline. Some couples find significant shifts within a few months, while others benefit from longer-term work. The length of therapy depends on the complexity of the issues you're working through, how long patterns have been in place, and your goals for the relationship. We'll check in regularly about your progress and adjust as needed.
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We typically meet with both partners together because relationship healing happens in connection. However, there may be times when working with one partner individually for part of a session makes sense. This is always done thoughtfully and in service of the relationship as a whole.
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It's completely normal for one partner to be more enthusiastic about starting therapy than the other. What matters most is that both people are willing to show up and engage in the process. Often, the less enthusiastic partner becomes more invested once they experience that therapy isn't about taking sides or assigning blame, but about understanding and healing together.
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We typically recommend weekly or biweekly sessions, especially at the start of therapy. Consistency matters because the new communication patterns and nervous system regulation skills you're building need repetition to become natural. We schedule sessions at least a month out to ensure continuity of care, though you always have flexibility to change or reschedule if needed.
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Yes, couples therapy is confidential. What you share in sessions stays in the room, with standard exceptions required by law (such as imminent risk of harm). We create a safe container where both partners can be vulnerable and honest without fear of information leaving the therapeutic space.
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Yes, rebuilding trust is one of the most common reasons couples seek therapy. Whether trust was damaged through infidelity, broken promises, or accumulated smaller betrayals, therapy provides a structured space to process what happened, understand the deeper wounds, and work toward repair. Healing is possible, though it requires commitment, honesty, and time from both partners.
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We prioritize relationship over business in everything we do. You're not a number to us, you're real people with real struggles. We draw from multiple evidence-based approaches including Attachment-Focused Therapy, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, EMDR, and AEDP, and Emotion Focused Couples Therapy tailoring our work to your unique needs. We're committed to ongoing training and consultation to provide you with ethical, evidence-based care, and we value our own wellbeing so we can show up fully present for you.
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Getting started is simple. Reach out to schedule a free 20-minute consultation call where we can discuss what's happening in your relationship, answer your questions, and determine if we're a good fit. If we decide to work together, we'll walk you through a stress-free onboarding process. From there, we'll schedule your first session and begin the journey of reconnection and healing together.