Couples Counseling

You want to enjoy each other's company, learn about yourself & grow as individuals. Challenges can easily arise at any stage - how to meet someone, dating, premarital, commitment, re-organizing around Life events, etc. Communication is high on the list for connecting well, but before this, your silent ideas of what you expect or need from one another. In Counseling you step out of the day to day & visit the brass tacks of what your relationship is built on.

If you and your partner are struggling with conflict, I know how frustrating that can be. I also know how hard it is to change and how helpless that feels. Couples counseling can help you make the lasting changes you need to stop fighting and start repairing your relationship. Unlike many therapists, I specialize in working with couples. That means I have the training, tools, and expertise to help you work through the complicates issues in your relationship and repair your bond.

My focus and track in graduate school was couples and families and I have continued my work since constantly obtaining new education, training and reading about techniques to help couples from various backgrounds that find themselves in my office.

For many of us, problems with our partners can be the most frustrating issues we have to face, leaving us feeling “crazy,” overwhelmed, and miserable. We start our relationships feeling hopeful, buoyant, and exhilarated, believing we have found our “soul mate”. All too often, this dream fades within years, and we do one of two things: we jump from one relationship to another, blaming problems on our partners; or we stay in a miserable union, hurting each other and/or stagnating. Symptoms of a re

I specialize in working with couples on parenting, cultural/racial difference, and intimacy.

I use a variety of models when working with couples. At the base, I am attachment-focused and use a narrative and internal family systems approach, but I also incorporate imago, interpersonal neurobiology, Gottman, and relational life therapy.

Working with couples and polycules, I tend to oscillate between Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT). EFT often helps to fortify the relationship(s) by examining current and historical dynamics; deconstructing any core or central misalignments, "hiccups," and impasses; and, in time, introducing values-based salves. SFT often helps to get right to the issues at hand, especially the surface ones, but frequently at the expense of context and significant strata.

I employ the Gottman Method to support couples with increasing positive interactions, improving communication, and utilizing validation to support each partner's emotional needs.

My degree is in Couple, Marital, and Family Counseling.

I have been offering couples counseling for many years. I firmly believe that communication is the key to any successful relationship. I help couples learn the skills of effective communication and fair-fighting and then help them use them to discuss, explore and resolve issues that are persistent in their relationships. I have developed a specific program geared towards helping couples who are moving in together or getting married learn communication skills & explore expectations

I have a deep well of knowledge related to couples/marital counseling, family strife, and interpersonal dynamics. A large part of my clinical work involved facilitating Family/Relationship Dynamics group therapy as well as a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy group to teach interpersonal coping mechanisms and skills for healthy social functioning.

I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist whose primary clinical focus has been getting to work with couples for my entire career. My education is systemically-based and I have been trained in multiple types of couples’ work. Most importantly, I have years of experience working with couples and having them reach their goals.

Couples may struggle with a variety of issues from communication, to conflict resolution to sexual desire discrepancy to betrayal. I am passionate about helping couples hear each other, manage disagreements and atone for betrayal. I can help couples rediscover the love and desire they had for their partner and to reconnect. Let's explore ways to be intentional about your relationship, to prioritize the pleasure, passion and play in your relationships and your lives!

I have received training while getting my masters degree and have since then continued to gain experience and knowledge by meeting with couples on a regular basis. I have completed the first 2 levels of Gottman training and apply these interventions when appropriate in sessions.

Couples counseling is my jam. I like seeing the whole relationship in the room whether your relationship is just beginning or perhaps ending -- talking together is the style that I see working best. I think, and research shows, that when more people are in the room, the conversations are more productive. For non-monogamous or poly couples including others or a wider polycule in therapy is an effective way to create positive change.