--- title: "Couples Therapy in Maryland · Gottman-Informed Telehealth" url: https://cghealththerapy.com/couples-therapy description: "Couples therapy across Maryland through secure video with Hélène Ndoye Diop, LCPC. Gottman-informed sessions for communication, trust, and repair, in English or French." lang: en --- Image: Sunrise over a calm lake with a small wooden dock and a pine treeline (https://cghealththerapy.com/assets/hero-contact-DUZ8LAJ_.jpg) Couples therapy · Maryland telehealth # Couples therapy for two people ready to do the _work_ together. Gottman-informed couples sessions across Maryland through secure video. 75 minutes, in English or French, with the time and structure two voices actually need. Book an appointment: https://cghealththerapy.com/contact Relationship work sits at the center of the practice at C-G Health. It's the concern people bring most often, and it's the one where careful, structured attention makes the biggest difference in the shortest time. Couples sessions run 75 minutes rather than the standard 50; the longer session gives both partners real time to speak, to be heard clearly, and to walk out with something concrete to take into the week between appointments. ## A Gottman-informed approach Sessions draw on the Gottman Method (https://cghealththerapy.com/gottman-method), one of the most researched frameworks in couples work. The Gottman research follows real couples over decades and identifies the patterns that predict which relationships thrive, which drift, and which unravel. That evidence base sets the direction of the sessions. The early work is diagnostic and honest. Together we map the recurring conflict patterns, the communication habits that get triggered under stress, the way trust has been built or eroded, and the friendships and rituals that hold the relationship together. This shared picture is what makes the change work possible. From there, sessions become skill-focused: how to raise a hard topic without escalating it, how to repair after a rupture, how to accept influence from your partner without losing yourself. The tools are practical and rehearsed live in the room, not handed over as homework and hoped for. Image: Warm sunlight across a reed bed at the water's edge (https://cghealththerapy.com/__l5e/assets-v1/7e89d700-5d67-4611-85d3-2d1e4638e594/nature-reeds.webp) ## What couples usually bring Communication that keeps looping back to the same painful place (https://cghealththerapy.com/communication-problems-in-relationships). Conflict that starts small and lands somewhere neither partner meant to go. The slow drift of two people running parallel lives under the same roof. A rupture (an affair (https://cghealththerapy.com/infidelity-and-affair-recovery), a broken promise, a moment of contempt) that hasn't been repaired. The strain of parenting, careers, or in-laws pulling in different directions. A big life decision that has to be made together but keeps stalling. There's also the couple who is functioning well enough on the surface but knows the connection has thinned out, and wants to reinvest before it hardens into distance. That's genuine, valuable work too. The work is collaborative and active. It doesn't fix a relationship for you; it gives you a clearer view and better tools, and then asks both of you to use them. Image: Sunlight through a tall tree canopy (https://cghealththerapy.com/__l5e/assets-v1/f003ee8f-bf81-4d59-834a-80b28c717d5a/nature-canopy.webp) ## The shape of a course of work Most couples do a focused stretch of weekly or every-other-week sessions over three to nine months, with a longer intake session at the start. Some come for a defined piece of work (one specific conflict, one decision, one repair) and finish. Others stay longer as things unfold and open up. Both partners must be Maryland residents, physically in Maryland during each session. Sessions run in English, in French, or in a natural mix of the two. Is this a fit? ## Is couples therapy at C-G Health a fit? You'll likely get the most from this work if you are: - Both partners are willing to look honestly at their own contribution, not only the other person's - You want a structured, research-informed approach rather than open-ended venting - You are ready to try new patterns between sessions, not only in them The work asks for: - A willingness to hear something uncomfortable and stay curious - Consistent attendance from both partners - The 24-hour cancellation window respected on both sides If active abuse is happening in the relationship, couples therapy is not the right first step. A referral to the appropriate specialist care can go out instead. Related pages ## Keep reading - ### Relationship therapy Individual work on relationship patterns. Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/relationship-therapy - ### Gottman Method More on the research base behind the sessions. Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/gottman-method - ### Rates Couples $280 · 75 minutes. Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/rates - ### Premarital counseling Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/premarital-counseling - ### Communication problems in relationships Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/communication-problems-in-relationships - ### Infidelity and affair recovery Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/infidelity-and-affair-recovery - ### Emotionally Focused Therapy Read more https://cghealththerapy.com/emotionally-focused-therapy Ready when you are ## Become the _author_ of your own life. Telehealth psychotherapy across Maryland, in English or French. Individual and couples appointments; request one and a confirmation comes back within 24 to 48 hours. 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