I had been seeing Andrew and Katherine in couples counseling for a year and a half, and now they were coming to the end of their treatment. Now I see them every three months to maintain their progress.

Andrew’s infidelity is what brought them to couples counseling, but they were now working hard on improving their marriage. When Katherine wants to talk about their relationship, she says, “Let’s talk about the relationship.”

Now that their youngest was off to college, Katherine was expecting more intimacy and affection.” When she brought up the topic of intimacy and affection in our session, Andrew said, “We could have had this conversation at home.”

Katherine grimaced and said the topic was sensitive and that she didn’t feel safe enough on their own yet to navigate it successfully. However, they had an excellent conversation about intimacy and affection during our session.

The goal of couples counseling is for them to be able to discuss this topic and any other sensitive topics on their own. They’re getting close!