How Couples Substance Use Recovery NYC Can Help You Stay Strong with Online Guidance
If you are in recovery, you may have noticed something about the cold weather months. Just look at your calendar and notifications:
September is National Recovery Month. October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. Incoming social media posts from November through January are awash with blogs, magazine articles, and talk show clips extolling advice about how to cope during a season of cocktail party networking, family gatherings, and merry-making.
So, it’s no wonder that the work you’ve been doing to get strong, stay sober, and shore up the trust and boundaries in your relationship may be at the forefront of your mind.
Not to worry, that’s a good thing.
Why? Because you don’t have to navigate this season of your recovery, or any other, alone. The Internet can make effective and supportive substance use counseling entirely possible. Experienced guidance and non judgemental care can happen. And they can be both reliable and transformative for you and your partner whenever you need them most.
Couples Substance Use Recovery NYC: How Online Counseling Overcomes Hesitancy & Inaccessibility
Right now, you may not know where to start or who to trust with the trials and delicate nature of your relationship’s ups and downs. Let Couples Substance Use Recovery NYC help.
Let’s assume you both want to reach out, but feel hindered in some way. You aren’t alone if seeking therapy feels overwhelming to one or both of you. You also aren’t alone if you’ve allowed to this discomfort to hold you back or procrastinate the support your relationship needs most.
Are you tempted to prioritize your career obligations? Do you put off help due to family responsibilities? Have you canceled in-person sessions due to the stigma substance use care? Perhaps you’ve simply allowed the barriers of weather or a long commute to a therapist’s office to keep you from seeking support.
It’s okay. Couples substance use recovery sessions online can relieve such concerns.
How? By offering you convenient, discreet, cost-effective therapy:
- You save time and energy once spent on the commute.
- You set up virtual sessions wherever you and your partner feel most comfortable, without social or public concerns for your privacy.
- If your resources have been taxed by the fallout of substance use, you can meet with your couples therapist from home without straining them further.
But, you may ask, does it really help?
Couples Substance Use Recovery NYC: Why Virtual Support is So Valuable
If you have concerns about the efficacy of online support, you needn’t worry. Most of us are experts at connecting and communicating virtually now. Moreover, long before the pandemic, research determined that online therapy was as effective as in-person therapy. Our pandemic experience, and the high quality of on-screen technology, only added further proof. Legions of couples and individuals now rely on the safe and reliable care they receive via their phones, tablets, and laptops.
Additionally, it should be noted too that, in general, our screens provide a sort of security shield that allows us to dip our toes into an idea or relationship until we are comfortable. Teletherapy just takes that further by fostering a truly safe space online (unlike social media or some chat rooms). Online counseling gives a way to meaningfully connect, share, and heal without any harmful retribution, commentary, or judgment found in other internet interactions.
Most of all, therapy, in the security of your home, is often a game-changer for couples. Few concerns about session logistics or public scrutiny make the likelihood of sticking with care much more likely. As a result, you and your partner are likely to feel more prepared for sessions and better about your mutual effort and commitment. This goes a long way in rebuilding trust and teamwork.
Couples Substance Use Recovery NYC: How a Qualified Therapist Can Help You Get the Most Out of Online Help
Finally, you might wonder why online work with a couples substance use recovery NYC therapist is ideal.
First and foremost, an objective party can help you get comfortable with the format quickly and start helping you heal. You both deserve a safe, nonjudgmental space to work things out. Online or in-person, an experienced couples therapist can help you share effectively, communicate productively, and relate compassionately as you rebuild and set goals. As a team, you can foster the supportive influences you and your partner need moving forward.
The Relationship Suite
We are ready to come alongside you and your partner! Let us support you in defining and plotting your way forward. Please read more about couples counseling for substance use recovery and schedule a free, 20-minute consultation.
As therapists, we have worked with substance users in recovery, the partners of substance users, and couples. We believe it is important to handle the situation with empathy, acceptance, and patience. With hard work, forgiveness, and the right kind of support and counseling, many couples can heal their relationship and create a new and healthier relationship. This takes a lot of time, patience, and persistence, but a new level of trust and intimacy can happen.
If you’re ready for help, please call 917-273-8836 or email us. We are currently providing Online/Virtual Video Counseling to our clients with HIPAA-based platforms.
We are a group of skilled therapists specializing in individual and couples counseling. Since Covid, we have bene working with couples via Online Counseling in New York, New York City including Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, Long Island, South Hampton, East Hampton, Montauk. To schedule a complimentary consultation, click HERE.
We also provide Virtual Counseling in New Jersey, Hoboken, Jersey City, Princeton, Chatham, Morris, Westfield, Union, Bergen County, Colts Neck, Tenafly. Schedule a complimentary consultation by clicking HERE.
