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Couples
Online Couples Program for Texas
This program is self-pay only. Online across Texas, in English and Spanish.
Recurring conflict rarely comes from a single problem. It comes from patterns that formed before the couple did.
Our Couples Program is not traditional therapy. It gives partners a structured space to learn about those patterns, understand them, practice skills to interrupt them, and develop a more stable relationship foundation together.
Led by Dr. Nayda Lamberty, a PhD-level, board-certified psychologist trained in Gottman Method (levels I and II), whose work is focused on couples and family systems.
Eight structured sessions. Evidence-based framework.
This is a self-pay, structured, time-limited program for couples. It is not open-ended therapy, but a defined program with a clear framework, a beginning, and an end.
Availability and enrollment
Sessions are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The program enrolls two couples per quarter and maintains a separate waitlist.
Prospective participants complete a screening process before enrollment is confirmed.
Investment
$1,200 per couple, which includes:
Eight structured sessions built around an evidence-based framework
Individual consultation with each partner
Written feedback summary
Worksheets discussed in the program
Maintenance plan
First payment due at registration. Second payment due before the fifth session.
How The Program Works
The eight weeks build progressively:
Week 1 — Identifying the recurring patterns that shape how the couple connects and disconnects
Week 2 — Understanding how the stress response drives conflict and how to interrupt escalation
Week 3 — Learning to speak and listen in ways that make both partners feel heard rather than managed
Week 4 — Navigating conflict with intention, including the habits that escalate it and their antidotes
Week 5 — Rebuilding the friendship layer of the relationship and strengthening bids for connection
Week 6 — Learning how to repair after conflict, not just move past it
Week 7 — Clarifying what trust and commitment look like in daily behavior
Week 8 — Consolidating what was learned and building a personalized maintenance plan
What It Focuses On
This program is designed to address the underlying structure of how two people interact, what drives their conflict, and what makes repair possible or difficult. Across eight weeks, it addresses:
Interaction patterns — How each partner's responses reinforce the other's
Stress and regulation — How the body's response enters the relationship and how to slow it down
Communication — Not as a surface skill, but as a practice of speaking and listening
Conflict — What escalates it and how to engage with disagreement without contempt
Connection — Behaviors that build or erode the emotional climate of a relationship over time
Repair — How to restore safety after conflict, which is a distinct skill from resolving the argument itself
Trust and commitment — What these mean in daily behavior
Sustainability — How to maintain what was built once the sessions end, including early warning signs of drift
The program is not designed for crisis intervention, trauma processing, or working through a significant breach in the relationship. Those require a different kind of clinical container.
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