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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. Therapists have the advantage of an objective, precise window into your life, which can be the start of directly addressing what is preventing you from a more securely-functioning and mutually satisfying relationship.​

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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 been there, 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.

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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

• 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.

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Couple Intensives are available: Useful for short-term work on one specific topic or need

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Phase One: Intake, background gathering, assessment and treatment planning for interventions

Phase Two: The heart of the work: interventions, dialogue, experiential support working through challenges and stuck points in relationship

Phase Three: Closure, discussion of steps and goal-setting for post therapy

Phase Four: 45 minute check in appointment 2-4 weeks after initial appointment to assess efficacy and next steps (if needed)