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GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY

Find your way back to each other.

The same fight, over and over. The distance that crept in quietly. Gottman Method built on decades of research into what actually makes relationships work — and it gives you practical tools, not just a place to argue with a referee.

You love each other. It just doesn't feel easy anymore.

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Maybe this sounds familiar…

  • You have the same argument on repeat and never resolve it.

  • You feel more like roommates or co-parents than partners.

  • You're afraid counseling will just mean being blamed.

  • One of you pushes to talk; the other shuts down.

  • Trust was broken, and you don't know how to rebuild it.

  • You want to try — before it's too late to try.

We believe most couples aren't broken — they're missing the tools no one ever taught them.

Fight better

Concrete skills for raising hard things gently, staying calm, and repairing before conflict spirals.

Feel close again

 

Rebuild the friendship underneath the relationship — knowing each other, turning toward each other, and meaning it.

Build something lasting

 

Shared meaning, shared goals, and a way of handling the problems that never fully go away.

THE METHOD

Not opinions — forty years of research on real couples.

The Gottman Method comes out of decades of studying what distinguishes relationships that thrive from those that don't. It's structured, practical, and it starts by understanding your relationship before anyone gives advice.

A real assessment first

We begin by mapping your relationship's strengths and sticking points — so therapy targets what's actually happening between you.

Skills you use at home

You leave sessions with specific tools for conversations, conflict, and connection — not just insight about the problem.

Both of you, fairly

Your therapist isn't there to pick a side. The work is about the relationship — and both partners' experience counts.

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Real life romance is fueled by a far more humdrum approach to staying connected.

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"Small, daily, mundane ways build more intimacy, sexual satisfaction, and emotional closeness than the big moments.  Little doses every day.  Not one big thing, but a million tiny things over a lifetime."

--John Gottman

HOW IT WORKS

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Know your relationship

Your therapist meets with you as a couple and individually to understand your history, strengths, and struggles.

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Reach out together

Fill out the short form — about three minutes. Tell us a little about what you're hoping to change.

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Do the work, together

Sessions focus on the goals you set, with skills to practice between visits — and check-ins on how it's going.

Three steps — and the first takes about three minutes.

Questions about couples therapy?

Let's turn questions into answers.

Whether it's for you or someone you love, we'll help you understand what's going on — and what to do next.

In crisis or an emergency?

If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, call 911. To reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988 any time, day or night. Please don't wait for a callback — free, confidential help is available right now.

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Contact

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West Linn, OR 97068

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Comprehensive mental health care
for every stage of life.

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