Couples Therapy

Ms. Cunanan-Dwight offers counseling for all couples interested in improving their relationships.  She has experience in helping a diverse range of couples from a variety of racial, ethnic, and spiritual backgrounds.  She believe that love comes in a wide variety of forms.  Couples can be either married, cohabitating, or dating, heterosexual or homosexual.  Aileen recognizes that most couples seeking therapy are usually facing some issue they have been unable to resolve alone.  The decision to enter couples counseling can often be a difficult one, so she will be as sensitive and supportive as possible. 

Aileen's goal is to provide couples with tools to solve ongoing problems as well as to help them find greater levels of intimacy and understanding.  We initially help couples discuss their issues in a constructive, non-threatening manner, including learning to avoid the most common mistakes in communication.  Once healthy dialogue is established, the couple then works to resolve hurt feelings and overcome current problems with the aid of the therapist.

Types of issues addressed and treated in couples’ therapy:

• Life transitions – e.g., retirement, relocation, serious physical illness
• Premarital counseling
• Arrival of a new child
• Infertility
• Affairs/infidelity
• Divorce