Secular Counseling, Scientifically-Informed

Gottman Method Couples Counseling in Kennesaw, Georgia

Relationships can become strained by conflict, distance, stress, or repeated patterns that feel impossible to change.
Waypoint Psychotherapy provides Gottman Method couples counseling in Kennesaw, GA, helping partners rebuild communication, trust, and emotional connection in a structured, evidence-based way.

We offer in-person couples therapy in Cobb County as well as secure telehealth sessions across Georgia, and we accept many major commercial insurance plans.

What is the Gottman Method?

The Gottman Method is a research-based approach to couples therapy developed through decades of scientific study on what helps relationships succeed or fail.

This method focuses on:

• Improving communication and conflict management

• Strengthening friendship, respect, and emotional connection

• Repairing trust after hurt or betrayal

• Reducing patterns of criticism, defensiveness, and withdrawal

• Building shared meaning and long-term partnership stability

Gottman-informed therapy is structured, practical, and grounded in real relationship research, rather than vague advice or blame.

Concerns couples often bring to therapy

Couples counseling may help when partners are experiencing:

• Frequent arguments or unresolved conflict

• Emotional distance or loss of intimacy

• Trust issues or betrayal

• Parenting or family stress

• Major life transitions

• Feeling stuck in negative communication cycles

Seeking help is not a sign of failure—it is often a sign that the relationship still matters deeply.

Our approach to couples therapy

At Waypoint Psychotherapy, couples counseling is:

• Balanced and non-blaming toward either partner

• Focused on clear skills and real change, not just venting

• Structured using Gottman-based assessment and interventions

• Respectful of each person’s emotional experience

• Grounded in calm, thoughtful therapeutic guidance

The goal is to help couples move from conflict and disconnection toward understanding, stability, and renewed partnership.

When deeper individual work is also needed

Sometimes relationship conflict is connected to:

• past trauma

• anxiety or depression

• attachment wounds

• family-of-origin patterns

When helpful, couples therapy may be coordinated with individual trauma or EMDR therapy to support lasting change in the relationship.

Location and fees

Waypoint Psychotherapy is located near KSU in Kennesaw, Georgia, serving couples from:

• Kennesaw

• Marietta

• Acworth

• Dallas

• Woodstock

• the greater Cobb County area

Couple's counseling is generally not covered by insurance. Our couples sessions generally run 150.00 for 90 minute sessions. Please ask about sliding scale based on household income and expenses.

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