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For Pembroke Pines couples, many of you in the busy middle stretch of marriage and parenting, therapy creates a space where you can finally hear each other without the kids interrupting and without the day's residue in the room. In-person at the Weston office · Telehealth across Florida · English / Español [Contact Maria](/contact) [About couples counseling](/couples-counseling) ![Two warm linen armchairs in a calm sunlit therapy room, couples counseling for Pembroke Pines with Maria Van Thienen, LMFT](/assets/couples-D_Jxn6tJ.jpg) Pembroke Pines, FL ## About working with clients from _Pembroke Pines_. Pembroke Pines is one of the largest family-centered suburbs in Broward. Many couples here are juggling two careers, school-age kids, multi-generational households, and very real financial pressure. The relationship often becomes the thing that quietly waits while everything else gets attention. The drive to Maria's Weston office is short, about 15 minutes northwest along Pines Boulevard or I-75. Many Pembroke Pines couples come in person for evening sessions; others prefer secure telehealth after the kids are in bed. Both work; many alternate. Pembroke Pines is also one of Broward's most diverse cities, Hispanic, Caribbean, and South Asian communities live side by side. Sessions can be held in English, in Spanish, or fluidly between the two, and Maria works comfortably with cross-cultural family expectations and in-laws that often play a quiet role in conflict. The work focuses on the pattern between you, not who's right. With 30+ years of clinical experience, Maria helps couples slow down the loops that keep repeating, hear what's actually being asked for underneath, and rebuild the small daily moments that make a partnership feel like one. What we work on ## The shape of the _work_. - Recurring arguments that don't resolve - Communication and listening skills - Parenting differences and stress - In-laws, family-of-origin patterns - Repair after rupture or affair - Intimacy and connection - Bilingual / bicultural couples - Separation and co-parenting clarity Modality ## Warm, structured, and non-blaming. Couples work here is grounded in evidence-based methods and decades of practice. Sessions focus on the dynamic between you, the loop, the trigger, the unmet request, rather than who's the problem. When older wounds show up in present conflict, EMDR-informed tools can support repair. Also serving Nearby Broward communities including [anxiety therapy in Pembroke Pines](/anxiety-therapy-pembroke-pines), [couples counseling in Miramar](/couples-counseling-miramar) . Also serving nearby - [Couples Counseling in Fort Lauderdale](/couples-counseling-fort-lauderdale) - [Couples Counseling in Davie](/couples-counseling-davie) - [Couples Counseling in Hollywood](/couples-counseling-hollywood) - [Couples Counseling in Miramar](/couples-counseling-miramar) - [Lea esta página en español](/es/terapia-de-pareja-pembroke-pines) - [All areas we serve](/areas-we-serve) Other services in Pembroke Pines - [Anxiety Therapy in Pembroke Pines](/anxiety-therapy-pembroke-pines) - [All specialties](/specialties) Read more about [couples counseling](/couples-counseling) overall, [Maria's background](/meet-maria), [session rates](/rates), or [reach out](/contact). Common questions, Pembroke Pines ## A few _specifics_. ### How close is your office to Pembroke Pines? About 15 minutes northwest via Pines Boulevard and I-75, one of the shortest drives of any Broward city. In-person evening sessions are very workable for Pembroke Pines couples. ### Can you help bilingual or bicultural couples? Yes. A large share of Pembroke Pines couples are bilingual or bicultural. Sessions can move between English and Spanish, and Maria works comfortably with the cultural expectations that often sit underneath conflict. ### We have small kids, can we do telehealth? Absolutely. Many Pembroke Pines parents prefer secure video sessions after the kids are in bed. The work is just as deep online as in person. ### We're considering separation. Is couples therapy still useful? Often, yes. Therapy can help you understand what's been happening, repair what's reparable, and, if you do separate, do so with more clarity and less collateral damage, especially when children are involved. ## Ready to take the _next step_? English or Español · Pembroke Pines clients welcome in person at the Weston office or by telehealth [Contact Maria](/contact) ![Maria Van Thienen, LMFT](/__l5e/assets-v1/7a69d5a3-a3ea-40ca-8fb1-b87d03f5f058/logo-mark.png) A calm, non-judgmental space to _reconnect_ with yourself and the people you love. Counseling with Maria · Maria Van Thienen, LMFT · Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Florida (MT3115). EMDR-certified. 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