Couples & Relationship Therapy in Houston
You remember what connection used to feel like, and you miss it.
You’re together, but it doesn’t feel the same.
When you try to talk about what's not working, the conversation often leaves you feeling even more disconnected. You keep trying to stay close, keep the peace, and communicate better, but somehow you seem to miss each other entirely.
You still care deeply about one another, which is what makes it so painful. Maybe stress has taken its toll. Maybe trust has been damaged by a betrayal. Or maybe the same arguments and patterns have repeated for so long that the safety and closeness you once felt in the relationship seem harder to access.
You want things to feel different, but you don't know how to get there.
At Rooted Therapy, we view these patterns as signals rather than failures. Together, we'll work to understand what's happening beneath the conflict, disconnection, or resentment so that you can begin rebuilding trust, intimacy, and a stronger sense of connection.
How Couples Therapy Can Help
We believe conflict is rarely the real problem. More often, it’s the way pain, fear, longing, and disconnection show up when partners don't know how to reach each other. Through couples therapy, we'll help you understand the patterns driving the conflict and create new experiences of safety, closeness, and connection within the relationship.
Work with someone you connect with
Lauren Palmer
Sana Maaz
Haley Diaz
Lauren Bigelow
Michelle Saltzer
Evidence-Based, Emotionally Grounded Approaches
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The Gottman Method helps couples understand the patterns that lead to conflict and disconnection. It focuses on rebuilding trust, improving communication, and strengthening friendship and shared meaning within the relationship. Using Gottman’s practical tools, we’ll help you navigate conflict more effectively and reconnect with empathy and respect.
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EFT helps couples uncover the deeper emotions and attachment needs that fuel conflict and distance. By identifying the vulnerable feelings underneath anger or withdrawal, you can begin to move toward each other with more compassion and security, rather than getting stuck in the same painful loops.
Inclusive & Affirming Relationship Therapy
We work with couples and relationship systems of all kinds: LGBTQIA+ partnerships, nonmonogamous or polyamorous relationships, and alternative relationship structures. What matters most is helping you understand the unique dynamics, attachment patterns, and needs that exist between you.
You don’t need to fit a traditional mold to deserve understanding and closeness.
Relationship therapy at Rooted Therapy can help you:
Understand and interrupt painful communication cycles
Rebuild trust and intimacy after distance or rupture
Express needs without criticism or defensiveness
Navigate differences in attachment, identity, or desire
Restore emotional and physical connection
Whether you’re dating, partnered, married, or somewhere in between, couples therapy can help you make sense of what’s been happening and find your way back to each other.
Let’s rebuild connection from the root.
Couples Therapy FAQs
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That’s completely normal. Many partners worry about being blamed or “ganged up on.” At Rooted Therapy, we don’t take sides. Instead, we look at the pattern between you. Our goal is to slow things down, create safety, and help each person feel seen and understood at their own pace.
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It happens, and it’s actually okay. Therapy isn’t about staying perfectly calm; it’s about learning what happens when the tension rises and practicing new ways to respond. Your therapist will guide the conversation and help you both find steadier footing when emotions take over.
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Yes. We move carefully and transparently through those situations. EFT provides a structured way to rebuild trust, process pain, and repair the bond without rushing forgiveness or pretending everything’s fine. We go at a pace that feels safe for both partners.
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It varies. Many couples begin with weekly sessions, then taper as communication and connection improve. You’ll set goals with your therapist and check in on progress regularly. The process is collaborative, and you stay in the driver’s seat.
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Yes. We offer secure video sessions across Texas and in-person appointments in our Montrose office (77006). Some couples even do a mix of both depending on their schedules.
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Couples therapy sessions are $150 per session. We are a private-pay practice and do not accept insurance directly.
That said, many clients choose to use their out-of-network benefits. We partner with Mentaya, a benefits verification service, to help you quickly check whether your plan offers reimbursement and what that might look like financially, you can check whether you have out-of-network coverage instantly here.
If cost feels like a barrier, we’re happy to talk through options during a consultation so you can make an informed, pressure-free decision.
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Sana Maaz, Haley Diaz,Michelle Saltzer, and Lauren Bigelow provide couples therapy. Each brings an attachment-focused, relational approach, and we’ll help match you with the clinician who best fits what you’re hoping to work on.
Lauren Palmer does not work with couples at this time.
