Specialties

Couples Therapy for Grand Rapids

Gottman Method and EFT couples therapy, in person at our Byron Center office about 20 minutes south of downtown Grand Rapids, or by secure video from home.

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Accepting new clients now · first session usually within a week

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Grand Rapids couples

Same fight, different week?

Most couples who call us aren’t on the edge of divorce. They’re tired. The same argument keeps coming back, or you’ve drifted into running a household together instead of feeling close.

Couples therapy gives you a neutral room and a plan. We look at the pattern the two of you get stuck in, then practice new ways to talk about money, kids, intimacy, family, or whatever keeps tripping you up.

Busy schedules are normal here. Many couples meet by video once the kids are in bed, and evening times are available by arrangement with select clinicians.

Two proven approaches
Gottman MethodPractical tools for conflict, trust and friendship. Patrosky Anderson and Becca DeDoes.
Emotionally Focused TherapyGetting underneath the fight to the need behind it. Mary Westergren.
Gottman or EFT? Compare them →
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Getting here

Close to home, or right at home.

Our office at 7740 Byron Center Ave SW is an easy drive from Wyoming, Kentwood, Grandville and southwest Grand Rapids, with free parking right outside.

Prefer your own couch? Every couples therapist here also meets by secure video anywhere in Michigan. Just ask and we’ll verify your insurance, and self-pay is $160 a session.

Who this is for

This is for you if…

One of you ready and the other unsure? That’s common. The free consult is a low-pressure first step for both of you.

You keep having the same argument
You feel more like roommates than partners
Trust was broken and you want to rebuild it
A new baby, job or move has strained things
You want to stay together but don’t know how
You want a stronger start before or after the wedding
Your care team

Therapists who provide this care.

Patrosky Anderson Patrosky Anderson MA, LLPC Bio → Mary Westergren Mary Westergren MA, LPC, LMHC, LCPC Bio → Sarah Shaffer Sarah Shaffer LLMSW Bio → Spencer Galton Spencer Galton MA, LLPC, LPCC Bio → Becca DeDoes Becca DeDoes LCSW, CAADC Bio → Mark Holloway Mark Holloway MA, LPC Bio →
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