Couples Counseling

We tailor our approach to meet the needs of each couple. Most couples benefit from an approach that combines learning new skills (e.g., communicating more effectively) with space to work through issues in therapy and practice using these new skills. Couples counseling tends to focus on three areas: (1) strengthening the couple’s friendship, (2) helping the couple more effectively engage with conflict, and (3) helping the couples navigate questions around life goals and values.

I'm here to help you get back on track. Let’s strengthen your relationships by understanding disruptive patterns, learning new skills for connection, and creating greater intimacy. Relationship struggles are real. I offer a wide range of expertise to help you create balance, clarity, and fulfillment within your relationships.

In my practice, my expertise in couples counseling is built upon a profound understanding of interpersonal dynamics and a passion for nurturing healthy relationships. Through specialized training and a compassionate approach, I guide couples through communication hurdles, conflict resolution, and intimacy challenges. My aim is to empower them to cultivate stronger connections and lasting fulfillment in their relationships.

Whether a relationship is fresh or seasoned, adjusting to life and family changes, or reeling from a betrayal such as an affair or addictions, these patterns of distress and disconnection are clear and consistent. More importantly, subsequent repair and reconnection are just as clear and consistent, and so is the evidence of what makes a positive impact in couples counseling / marriage counseling. As a highly trained and experienced couples therapy I know what makes a difference.

Same-sex, male couples don’t necessarily have anything particularly different about them than opposite-sex couples, yet EVERYTHING is different. You have grappled with internalized and externalized homophobia, general safety and well-being in public spaces and navigated family of origin complexities on top of societal expectations that men to achieve and produce all the while keeping emotional expression to a minimum. I assist you both in getting to what is really going on in your relationship!

With support, tools & strategies, couples can overcome challenges and build stronger connections. I emphasize the importance of effective communication, active listening, and mutual understanding as the foundation for resolving issues and fostering intimacy. Whether you're grappling with communication breakdowns, trust issues, or conflicts related to intimacy or life transitions, I work with you to identify the root causes of your challenges & implement practical strategies for positive change.

Over 20 years experience in successful intervention for couples. Trained in Gottman, Emotion-Focused and Prepare Enrich. Preengaged, premarital and cohabiting couples welcome.

When I'm practicing traditional couples therapy I often take a more directive role, guiding the sessions and providing recommendations based on my expertise. By combining evidence-based methods like Gottman Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), I help couples navigate conflicts, rebuild trust, and strengthen bonds.

Every couple faces challenges, but with the right guidance, these can be opportunities for growth. At Relationships For Better, our couples counseling focuses on fostering open communication, understanding, and trust. We provide tools and techniques to help partners reconnect, resolve conflicts, and build a stronger foundation for their shared future.

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!

Couples therapy LIGHTS ME UP! It can be a game-changer! I positively impact couples w/ a rare blend of empathy, wisdom & knowledge from cutting edge EFT research. Not feeling heard, understood? Toxic conflict? Withdrawing? Longing for help? LEARN to make him/her #1! To Be THERE for each other & feel like you MATTER. BUILD brain knowledge, attachment, a secure bond & love, repair, calming & NVC communication skills.

We specialize in helping couples dealing with a variety of common couple challenges and situations: -Communication blocks -Repeat Arguments -Disconnection and distance -Not feeling understood or a priority -Not feeling good enough for your partner; unable to make them happy -Not feeling like you can count on the other -Improving sexual connection -Desire discrepancies -Improving sexual satisfaction -Communication about sex -Relationship injury repair such as affairs or addiction -Rebuilding trust -Dealing with jealousy -Betrayal trauma and PTSD from relationship injuries or infidelity -Helping couples on the brink - can we repair? -Working with relationship ambivalence or uncertainty -Divorce prevention -Peaceful divorce -Parenting challenges -Not on the same parenting page -Lack of parenting support -Blending families -In-law conflict -Extended family relationships -Couples who work together; family business -Navigating religious differences

What will empowerment in your relationship look like? What does couples therapy help with? Finding autonomy in togetherness Understanding and resolving negative interactional cycles Cultivating emotional closeness through attunement Vocalizing wants and needs Communicating with transparency Creating intentional intimacy Navigating and repairing attachment ruptures

It can be so tough and so scary to start couples work but you are already on the right track by asking for help with things feel hard. Whether you are looking for support in continuing a relationship, healing from an affair, or need support in seperating asking for help and engaging in couples work can be rewarding.

We have you and your inner work, your partner and their inner work, and the relationship between the two of you. Couples counseling focuses on both the individuals and the relationship dynamics between them.

I approach couples therapy from an attachment lens. I believe that your partner can be an important resource in the healing process. By developing a secure attachment, safety, and the deep sense of being seen and known, you will begin to feel more deeply connected to your partner. I combine practical tools with deep emotion-focused work to help you solidify the strength and connection in your relationship. I have received specialized Gottman training for couples impacted by addiction.

I work with all sorts of couples who are looking for a safe place to explore struggles with infidelity, loneliness, communication, etc. In early 2023, I began a pursuit to become a Certified Sex Therapist. At this stage in the game, I'm a Certified Sex-Informed Couples Therapist. So yes, we can also talk about sex. I utilize skills and techniques from the Gottman Method for working with Couples. I've completed Levels 1 & 2 Gottman Method training.