Couples Therapy

Connect with intention,
grieve with love

Cozy living room with a yellow sofa, a blue armchair, and a beige floral armchair. A dark wooden coffee table holds three small potted plants. A tall floor lamp with a white shade is between the yellow sofa and the blue armchair. The wall has four framed paintings: one with flowers in a vase, a monochrome floral, and a landscape. The room has a bookshelf behind the blue armchair and a carpeted floor.

Couples grief therapy provides direct, intentional time for you and your partner to reorient and reconnect after a life-altering loss. At Voyager Counseling, Olga Montgomery, LCSW offers evidenced, expert couples therapy which helps couples navigate the acute stressors of loss, identify and reduce the burden and pain of post-traumatic symptoms in each individual, and build the whole-person action and communication skills and inner processes to help your relationship and family to grieve well and make courageous, intentional, love-forward choices each day of this mortal, imperfect, human life, together.

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When grief breaks us open, sometimes we hurt and react from the worst of ourselves.

Couples therapy can support you as a union to find what’s unbreakable, deepest in your union, and see the light through the cracks together, then build something with purpose and love from the pieces.

A group of four people sitting indoors on different chairs and couches, engaged in conversation. A woman on the left is sitting on a pink armchair with her hands clasped and wearing black boots, a colorful top, and heart-shaped earrings. Two women and a man are sitting on a red patterned couch on the right side, talking to each other. There is a side table with a vase of flowers, a small statue, a clock, and books next to the woman near the window, which has blinds. An abstract painting hangs on the white wall above the couch.

Couples therapy with Olga Montgomery, LCSW, CAGCS, is often intentionally more topic-specific and shorter in duration than individual therapy. You and your partner will explore how your personal histories and experiences are shaping your current struggles while grieving, identify your shared values and cultivate appreciation for your unique love and grief, and intentionally grow your the capacity and skill in your relationship to mutually connect and support in and through grief pain.

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Relationship is a crucible of our personal life’s voyage, in vulnerable and authentic connection with another.

When we choose a life with deep love, we open ourselves to deep loss.

Build the skills to navigate deep love, deep loss, and mortal life together.

A simple path to compassionate care

How to Access Couples Therapy

Step One: Request an Introductory Call

Click here to schedule a free, no-pressure 20-minute introductory call. You and your partner will share a little about your loss and what you are looking for in counseling, ask any questions on your mind, and see if couples therapy at Voyager Counseling is the right fit for you.

Step Two: Set Up Your First Session

If couples therapy is a good match for your needs, we’ll work with you to schedule your first session at a time that fits your life. Individual therapy for women is also available if couples therapy is not the right fit.

Step Three: Begin Therapy

In each session, you’ll have the space and support to explore your grief in a process-based, radically compassionate way that balances heartfelt connection with purposeful, actionable skills building. You will be supported to identify and build the strategies and tools that you need to move towards your shared values as a couple navigating life-altering loss. You will receive understanding and purposeful help as you navigate the complexities and nuances of your grieving, individually and together.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Couples therapy is a dedicated space where you can share how grief is impacting your relationship, process your emotions while building communication and self-compassion skills, and learn practical tools to navigate life after loss. Every session is tailored to your unique needs and guided by a licensed therapist who specializes in grief and loss.

  • Couples grief therapy focuses on reorienting, reconnecting, and moving forward in and through life-altering loss. While some couples have struggled before their loss(es), some couples are uniquely struggling during and after loss. Couples grief therapy is for couples who are committed and want to navigate grief together, values-forward and with purpose, and would benefit from intentional and radically compassionate skills building for themselves as individuals, as a couple, and for their family.

  • Sessions are typically 85 minutes.

  • Couples therapy is provided direct pay only. Couples therapy is $240 per session.

    Superbills for Out of Network Reimbursement are not available because it is not my practice to diagnose either member of the couple in couples therapy.

    Session fees are payable through a secure Electronic Health Record platform via debit, credit, or HSA/FSA.

  • Couples grief therapy is ideal if you’re looking for intentional therapy to build your relational understanding and skills of communication, verbal and nonverbal, when your partnership is struggling or disconnected after life-altering loss.

    Individual therapy is also available at Voyager Counseling for women navigating life-altering loss. Individual therapy tends to meet more frequently and for longer duration than couples therapy; individual therapy has a broader focus also starting from a struggle with navigating life-altering loss.

  • The introductory call is a free 20-minute conversation where you can share about the loss which is impacting your relationship and ask questions about the therapy and the therapist. It’s an opportunity to clarify if couples grief therapy is your next right step before scheduling a billable session.

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