For Couples
When you need help finding a way forward together.
Explore care that makes room for each partner’s experience and the work your relationship needs.
Ready to take the first step?
You don’t need the right words yet. Send a short inquiry, call, or text, and we’ll help you find where to begin.
Why couples reach out
Couples come to us at different points. You might be:
- Both wanting help understanding what happened and what comes next.
- Looking for a careful, structured place to have very hard conversations.
- Wanting each partner’s experience and needs to be taken seriously.
- Unsure what your relationship needs, and wanting guidance as you decide.
Room for each partner
In couples work, each partner’s experience matters. The partner working on sex addiction or unwanted sexual behavior has their own recovery work. The partner who has been betrayed has their own needs, which deserve care in their own right.
Couples work does not assume a particular outcome. Each partner chooses whether to take part.
How the Becoming Approach shapes couples work
Recovery work
Later recovery tasks in the Carnes pathway extend recovery into intimacy and the couple relationship, including Succeed in Intimacy, Commit/Recommit to Primary Relationship Recovery, and Explore Coupleship Recovery. These are part of the recovering partner’s own pathway.
A vision of healthy relationship
Two of the 12 dimensions speak directly to relationships. Relationships: fostering authentic, respectful relationships and repairing bonds through patience, growth, and connection. Partnership: an interdependent, equal relationship that strives for both intimacy and oneness.
Careful preparation
Formal disclosures and complex relational repair belong in appropriately prepared individual or couple work.
Three-Day Couples Intensive
November 17–19 and December 8–10, 2026
Three days dedicated to the work your relationship needs.
A three-day, in-person couples intensive in Murray, Utah, grounded in the Becoming Approach. $3,700 per couple.
Ways we can help
- Couples therapy. Ongoing sessions for the two of you, with room for each partner’s experience.
- The Couples Intensive. Three focused days in Murray when you want concentrated time on the work.
- Individual therapy and groups for each partner. Each partner has their own work. Weekly groups are available for men in recovery and for women healing from betrayal.
- Family therapy, when needed. When children or other family members are affected, family sessions can be added to your care.