Madelyn Swed, MFT - Santa Barbara Therapist
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Couples Therapy

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Is your relationship in trouble? 
  • Is there a growing  distance between you and your partner?
  • Is there an increase in arguing, anger, resentment? Are you squabbling over little things?
  • Has your sex life become unsatisfying or non-existent?
  • Have you lost the intimacy between you and become more like roommates or business partners and less like lovers and friends?
  • Are there trust issues? 

If you answered yes to these questions don’t wait for things to get worse. Taking action as soon as you can to improve the situation is the most important thing you can do for yourself and your loved ones.


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Relationships can be our greatest source of joy and also our greatest source of distress. We all want and need to feel loved, supported and emotionally connected in our intimate relationships. When we don’t feel our needs are being met in the ways that really matter to us, our patterns of interaction can trap us in negative cycles of hurt, anger, and distance, which can leave us with a profound sense of despair and emotional isolation. Sometimes when we can’t see a better way it may seem that the only way out of the pain and hurt is separation. But there is a better way. There is hope for greater closeness and happiness. 
I feel passionate about helping couples hold on to, strengthen, and nurture the bonds of love. I believe you, your partner, and your family deserve the best opportunity.

Through our work together couples can:
  • Strengthen their commitment and partnership by working together to improve the relationship
  • Improve their communication 
  • Deal with past disappointments and hurts
  • Rebuild trust 
  • Feel more connected, responsive, available, and in love
 
  • Become more understanding and accepting of each other   
  • Improve their sexual relationship 
  • Make a smooth transition from being a couple to being parents 
  • Parent more effectively

     I am Certified in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. EFT is a cutting edge, highly effective, research-based approach. It is a three stage, 9 step model which helps guides couples from relational distress to the establishment of an emotionally secure, safe, and lasting bond. EFT has a 70% success rate, vastly improving outcomes for successful couple's therapy. We now have a science of love and transformation which helps us understand the underlying cause of emotional and relational distress and gives us a map to help individuals, couples, and families heal and step out of the unsatisfying and painful patterns in which they find themselves stuck.  I am passionate about my work and dedicated to helping couples break out of recurring dead-ends to rekindle and strengthen the love that brought them together. 
     
"Gain the ability to create the strong, secure, and loving emotional bonds that we all need for our greatest sense of joy, creativity, and resilience." 
Call for a free phone consultation: 
Madelyn Swed, MFT 
(805) 364-4364 
madelyn@couplestherapysb.com


Madelyn Swed, MFT License # 40814