Danielle Sethi Therapy | 2614 Tamiami Trail N Naples, FL 34103 | (813) 444-2930
Couples Therapy
Online Therapy For Couples Counseling
No matter how hard you try, you keep getting stuck in the same fight. You’re beginning to wonder if your partner, or your dynamic, will ever really change. You want to make it work, but broken trust has made it hard to move forward.
No matter what approach you take, nothing seems to be enough. You can’t seem to “get it right” or meet their expectations. You struggle to manage disagreements. One of you shuts down, the other raises their voice and nothing gets resolved.
When conflict becomes constant, even strong relationships can start to feel hopeless. But ending the relationship won’t erase the pain. In fact, the pain often follows you into the next relationship if it’s never acknowledged or healed.
Here’s the good news: change is possible. As a couples therapist, I help people just like you work through patterns of disconnection, conflict, and hurt. Through couples therapy, you’ll gain tools to manage conflict, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional intimacy.
Whether you’re looking for marriage counseling, emotionally focused couples therapy, or couples communication counseling, you deserve support that not just patches things up temporarily, but helps you create change that will last.
Are you feeling alone and disconnected from your partner?
What once felt easy and natural can start to feel out of reach. This experience is more common than you might think. The “honeymoon phase” concept exists for a reason.
In the early stages of a relationship, feel-good hormones like dopamine help us bond and feel close. But that initial high fades, usually within the first couple of years.
All long-term couples face real challenges at some point. As each person grows and changes, the relationship needs to grow and adapt as well. Without intentional effort, communication can break down and emotional distance can grow.
Maybe you aren’t certain about why you feel pushed further away from your partner or how to fix it. Yet, as painful as disconnection can feel, there is a part of you that knows you want to work hard to reconnect and make this relationship work.
Perhaps you have tried working through repeating problems and conflict on your own, but you just have the same unproductive conversation over and over (and over) again. Maybe you’ve stopped trying, avoiding certain topics all together.
Relationship Conflict is Normal
But there is another way. Growth, healing, and real change are possible when you reach out for support from a professional relationship and couples therapist.
As humans, we’re wired for connection. Relationships offer us the opportunity to meet that need while growing and evolving together. But when communication breaks down or emotional wounds go unhealed, it’s easy to feel stuck, discouraged, or alone.
Couples therapy provides a structured, supportive space to work through those challenges. Tools from marriage counseling, emotionally focused couples therapy, and couples communication therapy are backed by research and designed to help couples reconnect and rebuild trust.
We all go through periods of disconnection, but you don’t have to stay stuck and unsatisfied forever.
Couples Therapy Can Pull You Back Together
Couples therapy is an opportunity to completely transform your relationship, not just fix surface-level issues. The key is moving beyond the day-to-day arguments (like the dishes, the raised voices, or the stonewalling) and getting to the heart of what’s really happening.
Instead of staying stuck in blame or frustration, we focus on the deeper themes like trust, emotional safety, respect, and reliability. Together, we’ll uncover the patterns that drive disconnection and conflict, and explore how each of you contributes to those cycles (because we all have a part).
As a couples therapist in Florida, I’ll guide the process with neutrality, care, and structure. I strive to truly hear and validate each partner’s perspective, while also gently challenging both of you to notice how current communication patterns may be keeping you stuck.
Couples communication therapy is hard work, but it’s worth it. The couples who show up engaged, curious, and willing to reflect tend to experience the most lasting change.
In our sessions, we’ll explore each partner’s experience including your thoughts, emotions, and reactions in real time. This helps both of you not only feel heard, but begin to understand each other in a deeper, more compassionate way.
I’ve worked with many couples who didn’t just resolve the issue that brought them to therapy; they left feeling more connected, more emotionally bonded, and more hopeful than ever before.
Couples Therapy Process
I’m Danielle Sethi, a Couple and Family Therapist licensed in Florida and New York and specializing in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.
Both personally and professionally, I’ve seen the powerful transformation that couples therapy can create. When two people commit to doing the work, meaningful change is absolutely possible.
But let’s be direct: lasting change doesn’t just happen.
Couples counseling requires effort, intention, and vulnerability. It’s not magic, immediate, or passive. It takes a strong commitment, engagement, a willingness to explore tough dynamics, a tolerance for frustration, and openness to seeing things from a new perspective.
My Approach
We’ll address the issue that brought you in. But as we work, many couples find a deeper understanding, a stronger connection, and even a renewed sense of appreciation for one another. That’s because we’ll go beneath surface-level behaviors to address the root of the disconnection. This kind of work creates change that tools or communication tips alone can’t reach.
In our sessions, I’ll help you both speak and feel heard. We’ll make space for both partners’ needs and perspectives, and I’ll guide you to untangle the stuck places that keep you circling the same arguments. At the same time, we’ll draw on the strengths you already have as a couple and build from there.
Together, we’ll bring the hard stuff into the light. Not to rehash the past, but to help you move through it so that you can finally move forward from it. That includes the emotions that come with your story: frustration, confusion, sadness, joy, connection. It’s all welcome here and a natural part of the process.
My goal isn’t to be your long-term mediator. My hope is that by the end of our work, you’ll have new ways of seeing and understanding each other and the skills to navigate hard conversations on your own.
What To Expect
If you’re picturing therapy as a place to rehash every disagreement or “win” your partner over, I want to set a gentle but clear expectation: I don’t take sides or convince partners who is right or wrong.
We don’t spend our time re-telling every story or dissecting every single detail. While each partner’s experience matters, my role is to guide us toward the deeper dynamics underneath the surface, not to referee or fact-check.
Rather than staying stuck in content, I’ll jump in to help us focus on the patterns that matter most. The stuck points that fuel disconnection or conflict. This means I may gently redirect, slow you down, or zoom in on a particular moment to help you both better understand what’s really going on underneath.
Our work won’t be about assigning blame or keeping score. It’s about insight, change, and creating a new way forward as a team.
What Not To Expect
I use a structured, research-backed method for couples counseling called Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) that helps partners heal and reconnect, especially after major ruptures like ongoing conflict, broken trust, or relationship ruptures.
EFT focuses on what’s underneath the arguments and the patterns that drive disconnection. In our sessions, we’ll explore your dynamic in real time. I’ll help you slow down and tune in to what’s really happening, so you can respond to each other with more clarity and care.
This approach is based on decades of research and has proven results: it helps 70–75% of couples move from distress to recovery, and 90% see noticeable improvement.
At its core, this model is built around one truth: we all need secure, supportive relationships. Couples therapy offers the chance to repair painful patterns and create the kind of connection that feels safe, steady, and deeply satisfying.
Clinical Method
Can couples therapy really work online? It’s a fair question!
Here’s the truth: what makes therapy effective isn’t the format. It’s the connection we build and the method we use. And both still work beautifully online.
I’ve chosen to offer therapy exclusively via telehealth because it allows me to serve more couples and maintain balance in my own life. And many couples have found they actually prefer it . No commute, fewer scheduling hassles, and the comfort of being in their own space.
After thousands of hours of virtual work (plus plenty of research in the field) I can confidently say: real change still happens, even through a screen.
To support your connection during sessions, I do ask that both partners join from the same space and device. Being face to face (with each other) makes a real difference.
If you know in-person sessions are important to you, I completely understand and encourage you to find the right fit for you! However, please know that my weekly sessions are held online.
Couples Therapy Over Zoom
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When beginning couples therapy, you can choose an Intensive Onboarding session, which is a focused 4-hour block that addresses the same material we would cover across several weekly appointments. This option isn’t required and doesn’t suit every couple, but it can help you gain clarity and build momentum from the start.
The investment matches that of multiple regular sessions, but you begin making progress immediately. During the session, we’ll examine relationship patterns, uncover sticking points, and start practicing new ways to connect. Optional follow-up sessions are available to continue the work.
How To Get Started
Testimonials:
Colleague testimonial
In a world where connection is the very essence of of our being, she will help guide you through your challenges to overcome any struggles.
"Danielle’s expertise using evidence-backed methods based on attachment theory is nothing short of transformative."
Colleague testimonial
It’s full of disagreements, howling laughter, hard conversations, genuine care, plenty of tears, undeniable joy and the feeling of being truly seen. You don’t get the good without the tough stuff that helps you grow.
"Deep love is not easy because it contains so much."
Frequently Asked Questions
what are sessions like?
if we need sounseling, does it mean we shouldn't even be a couple?
Think about how complex your own inner world is: your thoughts, emotions, and all the parts of yourself you navigate silently every day. Now imagine that complexity multiplied by two and intertwined in a close, intimate relationship.
i am worried about a counselor taking sides
what are your qualifications as a marriage counselor?
I work hard to understand each partner’s point of view and to help you start to understand each other with greater clarity. Plus, I help you understand why ineffective behaviors are happening, so that together, we can create new patterns in your relationship.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
- Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy Advanced Trained
Read more about my professional background here.
what types of couples do you work with?
will you understand what we are going through?
I see both married and unmarried couples in therapy.
I do not see couples who have active infidelity, substance abuse, or relationship abuse of any kind as part of their current relationship. Individual therapy is required to resolve those types of issues before couples therapy can take place.
With that, I have had a wide range of experiences in my own life, family, marriage, profession, and relationships. Some of which have led me to therapy of my own. I might be able to relate specifically to your situation, and I might not. Usually, even if I can’t relate to the context or details in your life, I can relate to some aspect of the experience.
what is the investment?
Please refer to my FAQ and Rates page for more info about my general practice policies.
Reach out today
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Supportive therapy sessions to help you feel more like you again.
(Note: At this time, I am only seeing weekly clients virtually online).
2614 TAMIAMI TRAIL N, NAPLES, FL 34103
“Deep love is not easy because it contains so much. It’s full of disagreements, howling laughter, hard conversations, genuine care, plenty of tears, undeniable joy and the feeling of being truly seen. You don’t get the good without the tough stuff that helps you grow.“