Relationship Enhancement Therapy

Are you ready to take on a plan to enhance your relationship with your family, spouse, or partner? Do you see the need to begin working with a therapist to learn skills and build stronger connections in these relationships?

If you and your partner are ready to take on therapy to improve your relationship and your life, relationship enhancement therapy may be what you need now. Taking steps and seeking therapy to enhancement a couple’s relationship is quite common now in our society, and many couples report being better off than the couples that do no seek counseling.

What is Relationship Enhancement Therapy?

Relationship enhancement therapy is a therapy delivered as a brief therapy, it focuses to train you as a couple, to enhance your relationship with better communication, better skills, and with restored engagement.

Some of the major skills and skill sets taught in this type of therapy are:

• Empathy.
• Skills to express your needs.
• Communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Conflict resolution/management skills.
• Skills to teach you how to change behaviors.
• Skills to become more aware and supportive of your partner and family.
• Training on how to adopt these skills to your real-life and relationships.
• Maintenance training to help you upkeep these practices over time.

Often in relationships, major foundations of why the relationship has been successful can become overlooked. In relationships and throughout time, the importance placed on communication, and emotional connection can be minimized. Yet, the importance of communication and emotional intimacy continues to be important.

How can Relationship Enhancement Therapy Help Me?

Relationship enhancement therapy is a therapeutic opportunity to get to increase abilities and to learn new ways of being and interacting. Working with a therapist at Thoughtwise in relationship enhancement therapy allows for new influence, opportunity, and growth in the relationship.

Learning skills in therapy and being able to perform the skills you learn in real-life situations, are the goals in relationship enhancement therapy.

The skills and therapeutic training that you and your partner adopt in this type of therapy aim to help you enhance your:

• Listening.
• Communication.
• Empathy.
• Interpersonal interactions.

There are four major stages of how relationship enhancement therapy is applied in therapy:

1. Introduction. Why are you here and what can this type of therapy do for you?
2. Teaching. You begin training and learning about the skills to enhance your relationship.
3. Interacting. You are invited to apply the skill sets that you have learned and begin using these tools while your therapist is present. This can include reporting or showing your therapist what changes you are making/have made.
4. Maintenance. After training and interacting, your sessions may become less frequent, but you meet with your therapist to help you and your partner sustain and strengthen the skills that you have built.

At Thoughtwise, we offer many opportunities for you to enhance your relationships and life. Please contact us today if you are interested in relationship enhancement therapy or one of our workshops, to excel and build healthier relationships.