Marital Transitions Therapy

Navigating the ups and downs of marital transitions can be tricky. At Greenwich Avenue Psychiatry in Greenwich, Connecticut, experienced psychiatrist Paroma Mitra, MD, along with Margaret Miller, DNP, LMSW, Kara Grayson, LCSW, and a highly skilled team, offer marital transitions counseling to help you and your partner overcome dramatic or difficult life changes. Schedule an in-person or telehealth evaluation by calling the office or booking an appointment online today.

What is marital transition therapy?

Marital transition therapy at Greenwich Avenue Psychiatry uses various therapy techniques to help you and your partner overcome difficult marital transitions, including:

• Getting married
• Separation or divorce
• Starting a family
• Empty nesting
• Caring for aging parents
• Retirement
• Moving to a new area
• Getting a new job
• Job loss
• Losing a loved one
• Infidelity
• Being diagnosed with a serious illness or disease

Therapy helps overcome difficult challenges within your marriage, offering a structured environment to explore your relationship dynamics, communication, and coping mechanisms in a healthy, safe, and productive way.

What are the benefits of marital transition therapy?

Marital transition therapy at Greenwich Avenue Psychiatry offers the following benefits:

• Improved communication skills
• Conflict resolution
• Happier, healthier marriage
• Peace of mind
• Reduced chance of divorce
• Improved connection and intimacy
• Better adaptive skills
• Stronger emotional bond
• Enhanced quality of life

Marital transition counseling helps your marriage flourish after overcoming significant life changes.

What are the key components of marital transition therapy?

The key aspects of marital transitions therapy at Greenwich Avenue Psychiatry include:

Life change navigation

Therapy can help you and your partner better understand and adjust to dramatic life changes in a healthy manner.

Communication

Marital transition therapy helps you and your partner better understand each other by safely communicating your emotions and needs.

Conflict resolution

Resolving conflict in a healthy way is a key component of a happy, long-lasting marriage. Therapy helps you learn safe coping mechanisms for conflict resolution.

Emotional support

The Greenwich Avenue Psychiatry mental health experts provide the emotional support needed to help you and your partner thrive through the transitions in your marriage. 

Shared visions

Your Greenwich Avenue Psychiatry therapist works with you to create shared, aligned visions and goals for your future during and after transitional periods.

Adaptability

Being adaptable, compromising, and resilient helps you and your partner navigate life’s challenges in a healthy way and strengthens your bond in the face of change.

Rediscovered intimacy

When life changes diminish emotional or physical intimacy with your partner, marriage transition counseling can help you reconnect.

Which methods are used during marital transition therapy?

Your therapist may combine several forms of psychotherapy to help you and your partner safely navigate change. They offer cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), emotionally focused therapy (EFT), or other forms of therapy to overcome difficult life transitions.

Schedule an in-person or telehealth evaluation at Greenwich Avenue Psychiatry to learn more about marriage transition therapy and take advantage of this highly effective form of marriage counseling. Call the office or set up your appointment online today.