Marriage and Couples Therapy in South Florida
Online across Florida, based in Fort Lauderdale. Individual therapy also available.
The patterns that keep returning between you are the hardest to change alone.
Expert-level care from a senior specialist with advanced certifications across multiple modalities. Couples and individual therapy. Schema Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, ACT, and CBT. Online throughout Florida, designed for demanding lives.
For what willpower can't fix
You've managed it long enough.
The anxiety that won’t quiet down.
The distance that keeps creeping back in.
The same argument looping at 2 a.m.
From the outside, your life works. Inside, something between you still feels unsettled.
Many couples in South Florida seek therapy not because the relationship is falling apart, but because they are tired of carrying the strain alone.
The pace is relentless. The expectations are high. The margin for error feels thin.
You are doing well in most of life and still struggling with conflict, disconnection, anxiety, or the quieter sense that something important between you is missing.
You have pushed through. You have adapted. The patterns have continued.
South Florida Marriage Therapy is online couples and individual therapy for adults across Florida.
The practice was built for partners, professionals, and individuals who want more than symptom relief. They want clarity. They want stronger relationships. They want a connection that holds up under pressure rather than buckling under it.
The work here goes beyond short-term coping. I help you identify the emotional and relational patterns driving distress: the ones shaping how you communicate, the ones affecting intimacy and connection, the ones that keep repeating between you.
What makes the work different
Four principles that shape every session.
These four principles shape how the work gets done — keeping therapy focused, accountable, and built around the reality of your life.
Beneath the symptoms
I look past surface-level anxiety, conflict, and burnout to address the deeper emotional and relational patterns driving them.
Real change, not just insight
Understanding yourself matters — but it’s not the goal. My work translates insight into lasting emotional and behavioral change.
Measured and accountable
I track progress with validated outcome measures, so you always know what’s working — and what needs to shift.
Built for demanding lives
Fully online and intentionally structured for executives, physicians, and professionals with serious schedules. Real depth, no disruption.
OUR APPROACH
Therapy built for the reality of life in South Florida
South Florida Marriage Therapy provides online couples and individual therapy for adults across Florida. My work is grounded in evidence-based psychology and attuned to the emotional, relational, and everyday pressures couples carry.
Rather than focusing only on symptom relief or insight, therapy here targets the emotional and relational patterns that keep distress in place. The work is active and intentional, with ongoing attention to progress and meaningful change over time.
HOW I HELP
Support for the problems that keep repeating
EMOTIONAL PATTERNS
Anxiety that won’t let up
The racing thoughts. The constant vigilance. The sense that something’s wrong even when nothing is.
RELATIONAL PATTERNS
Closeness that keeps breaking
The same conflicts. The same distance. The pattern you can see clearly but can’t seem to stop repeating.
SELF-WORTH PATTERNS
Success that doesn’t land
You’ve built the life. The career. The things that were supposed to matter. And still something feels hollow or out of reach.
ABOUT
An experienced therapist who knows how to help change happen
South Florida Marriage Therapy is led by Travis Atkinson, a senior specialist who brings clarity and direction from the very first session. You’ll work with someone who understands complex emotional and relational patterns and knows how to move the work toward meaningful change, without wasting time or losing focus.
YOUR THERAPIST
Travis Atkinson
LCSW, LICSW
Integrates Schema Therapy, EFT, and the Gottman Method to help adults and couples shift the patterns that keep distress in place.
Mentored by Jeffrey Young & Sue Johnson
Honorary Lifetime Member, ISST
Adults & couples · Online across Florida
When you’re ready for real change
Therapy here is intentional, focused, and grounded in evidence-based care.
From the beginning, you’ll work with a therapist who takes the time to understand the emotional and relational patterns shaping your experience, not just the symptoms you’re dealing with.
The work is collaborative and active, with clear direction and ongoing attention to what’s actually helping, so therapy leads to meaningful, lasting change rather than open-ended exploration.