Healing Happens Together
In English, for international couples, with an experienced couples therapist using the Gottman method.
Relationships rarely struggle because two people don't love each other.
More often, they struggle because they become trapped in patterns that leave both partners feeling hurt, misunderstood, or alone.
The same argument keeps happening, conversations escalate too quickly, one person pursues while the other shuts down.
Resentments build and connection starts to feel harder than it used to.
Gottman Method Couples Therapy helps couples understand these patterns and learn practical skills to create a stronger, healthier relationship.
At Village Therapy, we use Gottman Method Couples Therapy as the foundation of our work with couples.
The Gottman Method is one of the most researched approaches to couples therapy in the world.
Developed by psychologists Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Gottman, the approach is based on decades of research studying what helps relationships thrive and what predicts relationship distress.
Rather than focusing on who is right or wrong, Gottman therapy helps couples understand the dynamics that keep them stuck and teaches concrete tools for improving communication, managing conflict, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
Frequent arguments or recurring conflicts
Communication difficulties
Feeling disconnected or emotionally distant
Parenting stress
Unequal mental load and household responsibilities
Trust issues
Recovering from betrayals or broken trust
Differences in needs, values, or priorities
Life transitions
Intimacy concerns
Cross-cultural relationship challenges
The stress of living abroad
You do not need to be in crisis to benefit from couples therapy.
Many couples come because they want to strengthen their relationship before problems become more serious.
The first phase focuses on understanding your relationship.
We explore:
your relationship history
strengths and areas of connection
recurring conflicts
communication patterns
sources of stress inside and outside the relationship
From there, therapy focuses on helping you:
Learn how to discuss difficult topics without criticism, defensiveness, contempt, or withdrawal.
Not all conflict can be solved. Many relationship disagreements are ongoing differences between two people.
The goal is not to eliminate conflict but to navigate it with greater understanding, respect, and flexibility.
Research consistently shows that strong relationships are built on a foundation of friendship.
Therapy helps couples increase emotional connection, understanding, affection, and appreciation.
Trust is created through thousands of small moments in which partners turn toward each other rather than away.
We work on rebuilding trust and creating patterns that strengthen security in the relationship.
Many of the couples we work with are internationals, expats, or mixed-culture couples living in Denmark.
Living abroad can place unique pressures on relationships:
limited family support
parenting without a village
cultural differences
career and immigration stress
isolation and loneliness
difficulty building community
These challenges can amplify existing relationship difficulties and make couples feel disconnected from one another.
Therapy provides a space to slow down, understand what is happening, and work together more effectively.
Our therapists provide structured, active, and collaborative couples therapy.
Sessions focus on helping you understand the patterns affecting your relationship and developing practical skills you can use outside the therapy room.
The goal is not simply to talk about problems.
The goal is to create meaningful change in the way you relate to one another.
If your relationship feels stuck or disconnected, couples therapy in Copenhagen can help you reset the dynamic.
You can book a free intro call to talk through whether couples therapy is the right fit.
Sessions are each 50 minutes
They take place in our office in Central Copenhagen, or online.
PRICING
1500 dkk per session, including VAT.
FAQ section
You've got questions. We've got answers.
That's okay. If the less motivated partner is willing to come even though they're skeptical, that's great. We can't force anyone to come to therapy. Our hope is that each partner feels understood and not blamed. We firmly believe each partner is responsible for the state of their relationship.
Absolutely not. In fact, many couples benefit from starting couples therapy before patterns get too entrenched in the relationship.
Mostly together. Some couples benefit from a one-off "split session" at the start of therapy where each partner speaks with the therapist while the other waits in the waiting room.
No, not unless the couple is coming to talk about that specifically.
Couples therapy is often more structured than expected. Some couples notice shifts once patterns are identified and worked with, while others need more time. We revisit goals regularly rather than setting a fixed timeline.