Rebuilding Connection And Trust Together
Serving Vermont & Surrounding Areas
Understanding Couples Counseling
Couples Counseling in Vermont: Support for Partners
Couples counseling at Other Shore Counseling LLC offers a supportive, neutral space where partners can slow things down, understand each other more clearly, and work toward healthier ways of relating. Rather than focusing on who is right or wrong, therapy looks at the patterns—recurring arguments, emotional distance, miscommunication, or mistrust—that keep you feeling stuck. The relationship itself is the client.
Our work is affirming of all relationships, respectful of cultural differences, and welcoming of couples at all stages—dating, marriage, long-term partners, or navigating change. Each partner has space to be heard, while learning practical tools to improve communication and rebuild emotional safety. Reach out when you’re ready—or start with a conversation to see if this feels like a good fit.
Why Investing In Your Relationship Matters
When connection feels strained, it’s common to feel overwhelmed or unsure what to do next. Couples counseling can help reduce the intensity and frequency of conflict, strengthen emotional and physical intimacy, and clarify shared values and goals. Beyond immediate concerns, therapy helps uncover deeper emotional needs and long-standing patterns that may come from earlier experiences or past relationships. With support, partners often learn to replace criticism and defensiveness with curiosity, empathy, and mutual respect—creating a steadier foundation for the future.
Strong relationships aren’t conflict-free—but they can be strong, caring, flexible, and mutually supportive. Our couples work is Gottman Level 1: informed, drawing from decades of research on what helps relationships remain stable, resilient, and satisfying. This approach focuses on strengthening friendship and fondness, improving conflict management, and building shared meaning. This is available in person and via secure telehealth, making couples counseling accessible even with busy schedules, distance, or Vermont winters.
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Couples Counseling In Vermont
Flexible, Accessible Support For Local Partners
Other Shore Counseling LLC is committed to offering couples counseling services that meet the diverse needs of partners living in Vermont. Whether you are navigating a recent life transition, ongoing conflict, or a slow drift into emotional distance, sessions are designed to help you reconnect with the reasons you chose each other in the first place. Both in-person and Telehealth options make it easier to access care while honoring work, family, and personal responsibilities in Vermont.
Working with a Gottman Level 1 informed therapist in Vermont means you receive guidance shaped by a deep understanding of how real couples actually succeed or struggle over time. This approach can be especially helpful if you feel stuck repeating the same arguments or if trust has been shaken. Through structured, supportive conversations, you will practice new ways to communicate, manage conflict, and rebuild your sense of partnership, tailored to your life in Vermont.
If you and your partner are ready to explore counseling, reaching out for support is a powerful step toward healing and growth in Vermont. Whether your relationship is in crisis or simply in need of fine-tuning, Other Shore Counseling LLC provides a compassionate space to examine what is not working and to experiment with new, healthier patterns. Together, you can learn to navigate differences, honor each other’s needs, and create a more connected, resilient relationship that supports both of you over the long term in Vermont.
Locally Owned
This is a human-centered, inclusive, solo clinician practice dedicated to fostering personal wellness and community connection. The office is located in Unit 2157 of 145 Pine Haven Shores Road in an ADA and accommodating and well-behaved dog friendly building off of Route 7/Shelburne Road. Ample free parking. Telehealth options available.
Clinical Counselor
Jacob Cribbs (he/him/his) carries a decade of adjacent human services work experience into clinical practice. He holds a love for small businesses and entrepreneurs, world culture, travel, the outdoors, literature, somatics, spirituality and the arts. He specializes in supporting men and men-aligned individuals, blue-collar and service personnel, couples, young adults, persons seeking to heal from spiritual or religious trauma, or those looking to integrate esoteric experiences. He focuses on self-attunement, anxiety relief, depression support, and relational trauma and currently finishing a social-justice focused Master’s Degree from Antioch University of New England and is rostered with Vermont State as a pre-licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor under the guidance and supervision of Open Gate Mental Health Counseling.
Reliable Approaches & Reliable Results
The approach here is direct, compassionate, and effective. No one person is alike so clinical support is tailored caringly and accordingly. Current frameworks include Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, and Existential Therapy frameworks. Other current specialties include Gottman Couples Therapy (Certified Level 1), Therapeutic Gaming –including Therapeutic DnD in partnership with Vermont Gaming Academy, and Creative Writing Group Therapy. Future therapeutic frameworks are underway to be added to the list, so check back or reach out. If Other Shore isn’t right for you we can help refer you towards the right fit.
Services @ Other Shore
