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Couples Therapy Match

Which Type of Couples Therapy Is Right for You?

Every relationship is different, and so is the therapy that works best for it. Answer a few questions about your relationship and we will suggest the couples therapy approaches that fit your situation.

Questions:
9
Time:
4 minutes

Educational screener only. Not a medical diagnosis. Your answers are not saved, transmitted, or tracked.

How This Quiz Works

This is a couples-therapy recommendation engine — not a diagnostic test. Each answer maps to a set of evidence-based couples therapy approaches that tend to fit that pattern. Your top three matches are the approaches that came up most often across your answers.

Use the result as a starting point. A licensed couples therapist can help you decide which approach is genuinely the best fit for your relationship.

A Quick Note on the Approaches

  • EFT focuses on emotional bonds and is especially strong for disconnection and attachment-driven conflict.
  • Gottman Method is the most research-backed skills-and-friendship approach, strong on communication and conflict.
  • Imago centers childhood-of-origin patterns and uses structured dialogue.
  • CBCT applies cognitive-behavioral techniques to specific recurring problems.
  • Discernment Counseling is for mixed-agenda couples deciding whether to stay together.
  • SFBT is brief, strengths-based, and good for relatively recent problems.

Next Steps

  • Read about your top match and see if the approach resonates
  • When you reach out to therapists, ask whether they are trained in the modality you matched
  • If you matched on Discernment Counseling, that is a specialized credential — search specifically for it