Online Couples Counseling in New York
We provide online couples counseling in New York with licensed therapist Rachel Chernyavskiy, offering secure virtual therapy for partners seeking better communication, conflict resolution, and stronger relationship connection. Sessions are private, flexible, and accessible anywhere across the state.
Professional, Evidence-Based Support for Relationships
Online couples therapy - also known as online couples counseling - is a clinically effective way for partners to work on their relationship with a licensed couples therapist through secure video sessions. Couples seek therapy for many reasons, including communication difficulties, emotional distance, recurring conflict, trust issues, and major life transitions.
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Couples counseling is not only for relationships in crisis. Many partners use therapy proactively to strengthen connection, improve communication, and develop healthier relational patterns that support long-term stability and emotional closeness.
What Is Online Couples Therapy?
Online couples therapy uses HIPAA-compliant telehealth platforms. Sessions are led by a licensed mental health professional with specialized training in couples and relationship therapy.
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Couples therapy focuses on the relationship system, not on identifying one partner as “the problem.” Therapy explores how partners interact, respond to stress, and attempt to meet emotional needs—often revealing patterns that keep couples feeling stuck.
Evidence-based approaches commonly used in online couples counseling include:
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
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Gottman Method Couples Therapy
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Attachment-based couples counseling
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Systems-oriented and relational therapy models
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Imago Relationship Therapy
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These approaches are supported by research and emphasize emotional connection, communication, and relationship repair.
How Couples Counseling Helps Relationships
Couples counseling offers a structured, neutral space where partners can speak openly and feel understood while working through the deeper emotions and unmet needs behind conflict. Online couples therapy commonly supports relationships facing communication breakdowns, emotional distance, trust concerns, parenting differences, major stress, or mental health challenges affecting the partnership.
What to Expect in Online Couples Therapy Sessions
Online couples therapy is appropriate for most relationships, including those facing high conflict or emotional distance. Virtual sessions across New York help partners identify patterns, improve communication, and build healthier relationship skills — even when motivation levels differ at the start.
Benefits of Online Couples Therapy
Online couples counseling offers practical advantages, including easier access to specialized therapists, flexible scheduling for busy households, no travel time, and greater privacy and comfort at home. For many couples, virtual therapy removes logistical barriers while maintaining the same depth and effectiveness as in-person counseling.
Is Online Couples Counseling Right for Us?
Online couples therapy is appropriate for most relationships, including those experiencing high conflict or emotional distance. Both partners don’t need equal motivation at the start — many couples begin with different levels of readiness and still make meaningful progress through structured, guided sessions.
Meet Rachel Chernyavskiy
Rachel Chernyavskiy is the Owner and Director of RBM Marriage & Family Therapy, PLLC. Rachel is deeply committed to creating a safe, welcoming, and confidential environment where clients can openly share their experiences and work through the challenges they may be facing.
​Working With a Licensed Couples Therapist
Building Healthier Relationships Through Online Couples Therapy
Licensed couples therapists are trained to understand how relationships function as emotional systems. Rather than treating concerns in isolation, couples counseling addresses how individual experiences, attachment styles, and stressors interact within the relationship.
Online couples therapy provides access to this specialized expertise while offering flexibility and convenience.
Healthy relationships are built through effective communication, emotional responsiveness, and the ability to repair after conflict. Online couples therapy helps partners move out of repetitive patterns and develop stronger, more secure connections.
If you are seeking couples counseling that is structured, research-informed, and focused on lasting relational change, online therapy offers a supportive and effective path forward.
Online Couples Counseling in New York
In RBM Therapy, you will experience a safe, supportive space while identifying underlying causes and patterns. You will learn coping and calming skills and change unhelpful thoughts.
We'll encourage healthy behavior changes and address avoidance and fear. You will build self-compassion and confidence while preventing relapse and building long-term resilience.
