Becoming parents reshapes a relationship in profound ways. Across every stage of parenthood, couples are asked to renegotiate roles, expectations, intimacy, and connection—often while under significant emotional and practical strain.
Couples seek therapy during many different moments: while navigating fertility concerns or pregnancy-related stress, as expectant parents wanting alignment around values and parenting approaches, during the early years of caring for a new baby, or later when the intensity of parenting has left little space for the relationship itself. Others return to therapy when children are older and there is finally room to re-center around the partnership.