In-person therapy available at all three of our VA office locations: Fairfax, Virginia Beach, and Newport News!
Marriage Counseling in Virginia Beach
Helping couples work through communication problems, trust concerns, emotional distance, and recurring conflict
Rooted in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), where 90% of couples improve and about 75% fully recover from distress.
Flexible scheduling with evening and weekend appointments — online or in person.
Superbills available for insurance reimbursement
Trusted by couples across Virginia for relationship-focused therapy
Is your relationship stuck in the same fight over and over?
- Maybe arguments are happening more often.
- Maybe distance has been growing between you.
- Maybe you’ve started wondering whether your marriage can recover.
- Maybe you feel lonely even when you’re together.
- Maybe you’ve already tried everything you can think of—and nothing has changed.
If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. And it doesn’t mean your marriage is broken.
Most couples who come to marriage counseling have already:
- talked things through for hours
- tried communication tools
- worked harder to avoid conflict
- spent more time together hoping things would improve
But when conversations become emotional, those strategies stop working. That’s because the problem usually isn’t effort. It’s the pattern the relationship gets stuck in. Marriage counseling helps change that pattern.
How marriage counseling works here
At Communicate & Connect Counseling, our work is based on Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and our Spiral to Team Process.
This approach helps couples:
- slow down the conflict cycle
- understand what’s happening underneath reactions
- share what matters in ways their partner can hear
- start working together instead of against each other
Many couples begin feeling more hopeful within the first few months of therapy.
Why Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy is different from traditional marriage counseling
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy is one of the most research-supported approaches available for helping couples reconnect and is recommended by the American Psychological Association for improving relationships.
Research shows that about 75% of couples move from distress to recovery, and about 90% experience meaningful improvement in their relationship.
Rather than focusing only on communication tools, this approach helps change the emotional pattern underneath conflict so conversations begin bringing couples closer again instead of pushing them apart.
What marriage counseling can help with
Marriage counseling can help couples:
- identify the cycle they keep getting stuck in
- understand why arguments escalate so quickly
- rebuild trust after betrayal
- feel safer sharing emotions
- reconnect physically and emotionally
- feel like a team again
Our approach to marriage counseling
We believe neither partner is the problem. The cycle the relationship gets stuck in is the problem.
When couples understand that cycle, conversations begin changing in ways that feel safer and more productive. That’s what makes lasting change possible.
In-Person and Online Marriage Counseling.
Evening and Weekend Appointments Available. Flexible session options designed around your needs
Life doesn’t slow down just because your relationship needs attention. That’s why we offer both in-person sessions at our Virginia Beach, Fairfax and Newport News offices and secure online therapy for couples across Virginia.
Evening and weekend appointments mean you don’t have to choose between your job and your marriage.
Clinic Hours
- Monday to Friday: 8 am to 8:30 pm
- Saturday to Sunday: 9 am to 4 pm
Do you qualify for Reimbursement?
We partner with Mentaya to help eligible clients use out-of-network benefits to reduce the cost of therapy.
Use the tool on this page to check whether you qualify.
Resources to Support Your Relationship Journey
Frequently Asked Questions
Research on Emotionally Focused Therapy shows that 70–75% of couples treated with EFT move from significant relationship distress to recovery. Approximately 90% show meaningful improvement. These outcomes are considerably stronger than those seen with other couples counseling approaches, which is why we specialize in EFT rather than generic talk therapy.
Consistency is an important part of the counseling process. To help you get the most out of your work together, our couples therapists schedule regular weekly sessions on the same day and time each week. This consistency supports steady progress and helps you build the momentum that makes therapy truly effective.
- $125 per hour with Student Interns
- $175 per hour with Therapists
- $225 per hour with Specialty Certified Therapists
- $425 per hour with Dr. Elizabeth Polinsky
Yes. EFT,which is the #1 research-validated relationship therapy and the ONLY couple therapy recommended by the American Psychological Association to help improve relationships, is specifically designed to work with couples who feel deeply disconnected or stuck in long-standing conflict.
In Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, we will do a thorough assessment of your relationship, discover its strengths and areas for growth, and discuss what makes for emotionally secure relationships.
We’ll deep dive into:
- Discovering the interactional pattern you have been caught in that keeps you feeling distant in your marriage
- Exploring the underlying emotions and longings that are at the heart of the cycle you are stuck in
- Changing your communication to be effective and clear communication
- Rebuilding trust in the relationship, especially if there has been a betrayal of some kind
- Enhancing your sexual satisfaction so you can reconnect in an intimate way
- Building a secure relationship bond in your marriage
- … and so much more!
This is more common than you might think. We’re happy to talk through this with you in a complimentary consultation. Sometimes, starting with individual therapy sessions can help clarify what you want and how to approach the conversation with your partner. Our couples counselors also have experience working with initially reluctant partners who later became fully engaged in the process.
Every couple is different. Some see significant improvement in 3-6 months. Others benefit from longer-term work, especially when rebuilding trust after infidelity or navigating a major life transition. After your first few sessions, your therapist will give you an honest assessment of what to expect so you can plan accordingly.
Yes. Virginia Beach is home to one of the largest military communities in the country, and we have therapists who specialize in supporting military and veteran couples. We understand the unique pressures of deployment cycles, reintegration, PCS moves, and the emotional weight that service life places on relationships.
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Marriage Intensives
Jump start therapy in a weekend long intensive so you can make progress quickly.
Ready to start feeling closer again?
As a group, we are committed to a non-judgmental experience. We all look through a lens that honors what makes us human. We are relational beings, hard-wired to connect. What makes us different is where we want to be especially open, curious and never presume that we are experts. We welcome all, including sexual orientation, age, race, disability, ethnicity/national origin, gender identity and religious/spiritual affiliation.
Book a Complimentary Consultation
Schedule a consultation so we can understand what’s been happening in your relationship.
Get the support you need.
Slow the conflict pattern and begin understanding what's happening underneath it.
Feel happy and like a team again
Start having conversations that feel safer and bring you closer again.
You don’t have to keep feeling stuck in the same pattern.
Marriage counseling can help you understand what’s happening underneath the conflict so conversations begin bringing you closer again instead of pushing you apart.