Relationship Issues

I specialize in helping individuals and couples navigate relationship issues. Whether addressing communication breakdowns, conflict resolution, intimacy concerns, or trust issues, my goal is to foster healthier, more fulfilling connections. Utilizing evidence-based techniques and a compassionate approach, I work with clients to develop effective communication skills, strengthen emotional bonds, and create a supportive, understanding environment for growth and connection.

Ultimately, I see the goal of therapy as a greater sense of connectedness with ourselves and others.

I have experience working with individuals who have experienced relationship distress or struggle, which may include relationships with themselves, partners, family, peers, etc.

THE CRISIS—Infidelity/ Affair/ Cheating/Adultery--Basically they’re all the same. You thought you had an understanding with your partner or spouse that you were in a monogamous relationship. Now you either suspect or know your partner is/has cheated on you & you feel betrayed. Do you worry the relationship can never be healed? How could you ever trust again? You'll need specialized tools to recover and rebuild trust, the skills found in my toolbox. Recovery is possible.

I have worked with folks struggling in relationships ranging from intimate partners to family of origin. I enjoy helping clients explore relationship dynamic, increase their own self-empowerment, and work towards more satisfying relationships.

As psychotherapist Esther Perel has written, “the quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives”. The relationships we have with our friends, family members, romantic partners, colleagues and community play a significant role in our daily experience. Therapy offers a unique opportunity to discuss your relationship challenges in a safe and objective space.

I support clients who have a wide range of dynamics in their close relationships, either with friends, family, work or romantic partners as well as those who are experiencing a lack of closeness. I believe that the roles and patterns that we play in relationships develop for a good reason, and that having awareness of them can offer us increased freedom, creativity and resilience in how respond in our relationships with others.

My hope is to understand what is contributing to the relational issues at hand. I've gained experience meeting with couples in private practice and community mental health. Relationships are a reality of life and my desire is for you to experience more satisfaction and enjoyment with others in your life. I have been trained in the Gottman Couples Therapy approach and apply it to our sessions.

Draining relationships suck up your time, cause you stress, make you question your worth, and who you are. Without clarity, your interactions continue to be unfulfilling and nothing changes. In therapy, we will take a look at your attachment styles and how you participate in relationships. We will examine roles within relationships and identify unhealthy dynamics. Prioritizing communication, resolving conflict, and establishing boundaries.

Is there something that is keeping you from cultivating and enjoying your healthiest, happiest connections? Let's talk about those things, and find ways to move past those cycles. How do we have hard conversations while honoring our need to connect? Most people are more capable of having these conversations than they realize. It starts with self compassion, and embracing our basic human need to love and be loved.

Due to my training in DV court, I'm well versed in working with individuals as well as couples who want to build healthy communication skills, conflict resolution techniques, or even learn to co-parent effectively following a separation.

I have experience working on general relationship issues as well as interpersonal relationship trauma. Utilizing a strengths based and trauma-informed approach to address any struggles or traumas that have occurred.

I have experience working with individuals and couples struggling with managing interpersonal relationships. I have been able to assist clients with identifying their communication styles, roadblocks to healthy communication and tools needed to assist my clients with education on the importance of boundaries and tools needed to improve relational functioning.

Relationships are special because they are often the only places we have some power to negotiate. Understanding our own needs and our partner's needs, makes communication much more successful. It becomes more difficult to be upset witha partner when you are speaking from a place of "I need this" and this is the way I have tried to do it. Having the understanding of their need, leaves room for the couple to negotatiate healthier behaviors to get those needs met while also having compassion.

As a trained marriage and family therapist, my therapeutic lens is systemic. Relational distress can occur with family, partners, friends, neighbors, or coworkers. Our past experiences, expectations, needs, and attachment styles can teach us how to have "better" relationships as well as showing us places we can grow. From deep-rooted family conflict to everyday miscommunication, individual relational therapy can grow skills and insight into the innerworkings of relationships.

I work well with all kinds of relationship issues; family, intimate partners, friends, marital, work, sexual. I teach conscious and authentic communication skills. I help people who have difficulty expressing themselves due to social anxiety, fear, shyness, past trauma, and more. In our work together will find out what is going on and resolve it. We will figure out how to get your needs met and improve your relationships. I also work as a dating and intimacy coach.