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In-Person in Fredericksburg and Stafford, Virginia
Online anywhere in Virginia and beyond

Couples & Family Therapy

in Fredericksburg, Virginia — and Online Across Virginia

For couples who want to stop having the same fight.

For families who want to find their way back to each other.

For teens and adults ready to do the real work

Maybe you and your partner are stuck in a cycle you can't seem to break — the same argument, the same silence, the same distance that keeps growing no matter how hard you try.

Maybe your family is in crisis — a teenager who has completely shut down, a relationship that has never recovered from something that happened, a home that feels less like safety and more like a battlefield.

Maybe you're a veteran or first responder and the tools that kept you safe at work are now creating distance in the relationship you care most about.

Or maybe you just know something needs to change — and you're finally ready to do something about it.

We Thrive Together was built for exactly this moment. We specialize in couples therapy, marriage counseling, family therapy, and structured groups for teens and adults — in person in Fredericksburg, Virginia and online across the state.

Connection shapes everything.

When relationships feel strained — at home, in parenting, or within yourself — everything feels heavier. Here's how we help.

Couples Therapy & Marriage Counseling

Are you longing to feel close again — but stuck in the same painful cycle?

Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we help couples:

  • Break pursue-withdraw patterns

  • Rebuild trust and emotional safety

  • Strengthen communication

  • Restore closeness and intimacy

This is structured, research-based couples therapy and marriage counseling focused on lasting change.

We also offer specialized support for affair recovery, high conflict couples, discernment counseling, premarital counseling, and couples navigating narcissistic relationship patterns or military and first responder stress.

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Family Therapy & Parenting Support

Family stress doesn't happen in isolation.

Parenting differences, blended family challenges, or teen conflict can leave everyone feeling unheard. We help families:

  • Slow reactive cycles

  • Strengthen attachment bonds

  • Improve communication

  • Create a more secure foundation at home

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Specialized Groups for Girls, Teens & Young People

Our therapist-led, evidence-based groups are designed to build confidence, connection, and emotional skills.

Girls Circle Groups — Certified through the One Circle Foundation, Girls Circle provides structured, research-supported support for girls navigating identity, friendships, social media, and emotional growth.

Dungeons & Dragons Therapy Groups — Led by trained Geek Therapists, our D&D groups use collaborative storytelling and role-play to build social skills, emotional regulation, confidence, and teamwork in a supportive environment.

ASSET LGBTQ+ Teen Group — A structured, affirming support group for LGBTQ+ teens ages 15 and older focused on resilience, identity, and healthy peer connection.

Healing can happen in community — especially when it's structured, intentional, and clinically guided.

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Adult Groups & Workshops

Structured group experiences and EFT-based workshops for adults, couples, and families — designed for real, lasting change in the relationships that matter most.

  • She Thrives — Women's 8-week group

  • He Thrives — Men's 10-week group

  • Adult D&D Therapy Group — For adults navigating anxiety, depression, or social disconnection

  • Hold Me Tight® — Couples workshop by Dr. Sue Johnson

  • Created for Connection — Faith-based couples workshop

  • Building a Lasting Connection® — Premarital workshop

  • Hold Me Tight® / Let Me Be Me — Parents and adult children

  • Hold Me Tight® / Let Me Go — Parents and teens

Why We Thrive Together?

What makes us different is simple — specialization.

Every therapist at We Thrive Together holds post-graduate specialty training in the work they do.

Beth Collins brings advanced training in EFT, affair recovery, discernment counseling, working with highly conflicted couples, and Relational Life Therapy for narcissistic relationship patterns — training that most therapists in the Fredericksburg area have not completed.

Chris Biddix is a retired Navy veteran with 20 years of service. He is the only couples therapist in the Fredericksburg area who brings that combination of lived military experience and clinical EFT and EMDR training.

Beverly Lemmons holds both EFT Core Skills and EFT Externship training alongside EMDR and a background in Family Systems Theory — bringing depth and clinical skill to couples and family work.

We are a private-pay relational therapy practice. We made that choice deliberately — because deep relational work requires flexibility, time, and freedom from the constraints of insurance-driven care. Insurance-based individual therapy is offered separately through our sister practice, Thrive Counseling for Healing and Connection.

Read Why We Choose Private Pay

Our Team

Gold Standard Treatment

Moving You & Yours to a Brighter Future.

EFCT

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) is a structured, evidence-based approach that helps couples move from disconnection and distress to deeper emotional intimacy. Grounded in attachment theory and supported by decades of research, EFCT identifies the negative patterns that keep partners stuck and helps them create new cycles of connection, responsiveness, and trust. Research shows that 70 to 75 percent of couples move from distress to recovery — and approximately 90 percent show significant improvement.

EFFT

Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an evidence-based model designed to repair and strengthen relationships between family members. Rooted in attachment science, EFFT helps families identify reactive patterns, reduce conflict, and create new ways of engaging that foster safety, connection, and trust. It offers a structured yet flexible approach to healing emotional injuries and restoring balance within the family system.

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Hope for a new way forward — you don’t have to stay stuck.

You may feel like you've tried everything — talking more, shutting down, compromising until you're exhausted — and yet the same arguments, silence, or disconnection keeps returning.

Or maybe you're locked in constant battles with your teenager, overwhelmed with worry about their future and their choices.

Or something happened in your relationship that changed everything — and you've never fully recovered.

Through trauma-informed, attachment-based therapy, groups, workshops, and intensives, we help you understand the patterns keeping you stuck and support you in creating the emotional safety, clarity, and communication you need to heal your relationships — starting from the inside out.

Whether you're seeking couples therapy, marriage counseling, family therapy, or structured group support — We Thrive Together is here to help you reconnect, rebuild, and rise.

Ready to take the first step?

Our team responds within one business day. No pressure, no commitment — just a conversation about what you're navigating and who might be the right fit.

Tell Us What You're Navigating — We'll Help You Find the Right Fit