Couples Counseling In Person in Seattle Washington

Why couple or relationship therapy? If you feel often irritated with your partner(s), stuck on one issue that doesn't seem to have a solution, keep having the same fights over and over, or don't feel as emotionally or physically connected as you once were, therapy can help provide the space and guidance to discover new patterns of caring for and relating to one another. You may find it incredibly difficult to recognize and name what is happening while living it day after day. Therapy can be the start of directly addressing what is preventing you from a more securely-functioning and mutually satisfying relationship. Therapy is also a space to discuss divorce or separation, if one partner is unsure they want to continue the relationship (see the Discernment Counseling page for more information on this service).

I have training in and draw from Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) , Gottman Method for Couples Therapy, and Discernment Counseling (Doherty Institute). I have experienced my share of conflict in relationships and understand how vulnerable it can feel to ask for help and admit something is not working. Particularly when you deeply love your partner and are committed to the relationship. If one or more partners are neurodivergent, I am affirming and knowledgeable of your specific sensory, learning and relational needs.

Specialties:

Communication support for relationships, including high conflict couples and betrayal or infidelity repair and reconciliation
Mutual, collaborative, and sensitive decision-making for gridlocked or non-negotiable aspects of shared life (having children, number of children, whether to open relationship, financial disagreements, etc)
Discernment Counseling for deciding whether or not to pursue divorce, or commit to work on the relationship
Parenting and conflict resolution for couples and families
Pregnancy loss and parental grief for individuals and couples, including childlessness
Insecure and disorganized attachment patterns informed by childhood and developmental trauma, CPTSD, Narcissism, Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, and other mental health conditions.
LGBTQIA+ couples counseling
Consensual Non Monogamy Polycule Counseling