Answers to what couples most often ask before reaching out to Couples Thrive.
April Eldemire is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the founder of Couples Thrive in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With over 13 years of experience and advanced training in the leading evidence-based models for couples therapy, she helps couples move out of reactive patterns and back into connection.
Couples therapy and marriage counseling, premarital counseling, blended family and stepfamily work, new-parent and Bringing Baby Home support, family therapy, individual therapy, and support through separation or divorce.
Yes. Every review published on this site was written by a real client on Couples Thrive's public Google listing. Each card links back to the original listing so you can verify it yourself.
The work moves through three stages: clarity — identifying the pattern your relationship keeps getting pulled into; understanding — beginning to see each other as partners stuck in the same cycle rather than as the problem; and change — learning to respond in new ways that create connection instead of distance.
Schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation. It's a chance to ask questions about the therapy process, talk through what's happening in your relationship, and decide whether working together feels right before booking a first appointment.
Yes. Couples Thrive sees clients in the Fort Lauderdale office and offers virtual sessions for clients across Florida.
It may be a fit if you're having the same conversations over and over with no resolution, feel misunderstood even when you try to explain yourself, are growing emotionally distant, or one of you shuts down while the other pushes for connection — and you don't want to give up.
This site is owned and operated by Couples Thrive. It exists to collect published client reviews in one place. Therapy outcomes vary by couple; reviews reflect individual experiences and are not a guarantee of a specific result.
