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Communication
Repeated arguments, difficulty listening, resentment, defensiveness, silences and misunderstandings.
Blog category · Couples therapy
Couples therapy resources
Clear and clinically responsible articles to better understand relationship conflict, communication, emotional distance, intimacy and the patterns that can gradually wear a relationship down.
Communication
Resources on repeated arguments, listening, resentment, defensiveness and disconnection.
Bond and intimacy
Content on emotional closeness, trust, sexuality and safety within the relationship.
Relationship crises
Guidance to understand when to ask for help and what therapy may offer.
Understanding the relationship
Resources to understand what is happening in a couple
Many couples do not come to therapy because of one single problem, but because of a build-up of small disconnections: conversations that always end the same way, distance, exhaustion, lack of intimacy or the feeling of not being heard.
In this category, we will publish articles on communication, repeated conflicts, the emotional bond, living together, sexuality, trust, boundaries and moments of crisis. The aim is to offer a clinical, warm and non-simplistic perspective on situations that many couples live with silently for too long.
What you will find here
- Explanations of what couples therapy is and when it can help.
- Resources on arguments, resentment, defensiveness, avoidance and blocked communication.
- Articles on emotional distance, intimacy, desire and sexuality.
- Guidance to understand crises, doubts, relationship strain and difficult decisions.
- Clinical content to look at the relationship with more clarity and less blame.
Main topics
Communication, conflict, intimacy and the bond
A relationship is not only understood through what partners argue about, but through how they argue, what they avoid, which needs remain unspoken and which patterns repeat when both people feel hurt or overwhelmed.
Emotional distance
A sense of disconnection, loneliness inside the relationship or loss of complicity.
Intimacy and sexuality
Desire, blocks, shame, difficulty talking about sex or distress around intimacy.
Crises and decisions
Doubts about the relationship, accumulated strain, damaged trust or the need to reorganise the bond.
Related resources
Ocnos areas related to couples therapy
This category connects with Ocnos services and resources that can help you broaden your understanding or request professional guidance.
Couples therapy
Communication, conflict, emotional distance, crises and repairing the bond.
Sex therapy
Sexual difficulties, desire, intimacy and sexual wellbeing individually or as a couple.
Sex therapy for couples
When sexual intimacy is also part of the relationship distress.
Anxiety
When worry, fear or tension interfere with the relationship.
Depression
When low mood affects communication, energy or the emotional bond.
Affirmative therapy
Safe psychological support for identity, relationships and emotional wellbeing.
Online therapy
Online psychological care when this format is appropriate for the case.
Book an appointment
Request an initial assessment at Ocnos Psychology Clinic.
Common situations
When couples therapy can bring clarity
These situations do not replace a professional assessment, but they can help explain why asking for help may be useful before conflict becomes chronic.
Arguments that repeat
Sometimes the problem is not only the topic being argued about, but the cycle that becomes activated: attack, defence, withdrawal, resentment or silence.
Intimacy and desire
Intimacy can be affected by stress, emotional distance, fear of rejection, sexual difficulties or conversations that have been avoided for a long time.
Distance and strain
Therapy can help organise what is happening, what each person needs and whether it is still possible to build a different way of relating.
Clinical team
Content written from Ocnos clinical practice
The resources on the Ocnos Psychology Clinic blog are developed from a rigorous, warm and respectful psychological perspective. Our current team includes registered General Health Psychologists.
- Clinical approach and accessible language for patients and families.
- Content aimed at understanding, not judging or oversimplifying the relationship.
- Referral towards individual or couples assessment when the distress requires it.
Héctor Lozano Jiménez
General Health Psychologist · Director of Ocnos Psychology Clinic · COPAO AN11777.
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Rocío Rodríguez Boza
General Health Psychologist · Integrative approach · Trauma, childhood, adolescence and adults · COPAO AN13748.
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María Ángeles Sanz Ruiz
General Health Psychologist · Relational, emotional and contextual perspective · COPAO AN12933.
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If communication has become blocked, conflict keeps repeating or emotional distance is becoming heavier, a professional assessment can help you organise what is happening and decide on the next steps.
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Below you will find the latest articles published by the Ocnos Psychology Clinic team on couples therapy, communication, conflict, intimacy and the emotional bond.