Couples Counseling

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.

After graduate school, completed an additional four years of training at the Family Institue of Westchester in New York, an insitute that specializes in training fully licensed therapists who want to specialize in couple and family therapy.

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.

As a couples therapist, I lean heavily on my training in family and relationship systems, and draw on EFT and Gottman principles frequently. I emphasize your existing strengths, and help clients work on improving communication, building interdependence and differentiation, cultivating greater intimacy, and learning to have productive conflict. I help clients understand their conflict & attachment styles, and begin to have a greater understanding of one another and themselves.

My approach enhances communication, emotional connection, and understanding of personality dynamics. Incorporating the Gottman Method, I provide tools to improve emotional intimacy, recognize bids for connection, and manage conflicts effectively. Many couples seek counseling to rebuild their connection amid resentment or distance. Together, we’ll explore times when your relationship felt stronger, identify changes, and foster empathy. I create a safe space to break unhelpful patterns.

I specialize in couples counseling, working with both monogamous and non-monogamous partners to navigate challenges and strengthen connection through open communication and mutual understanding. By exploring the dynamics of your relationship, we work together to heal past wounds and implement course corrections that build a foundation of trust and intimacy.

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

I provide couples counseling to partners in any stage of their relationship, whether contemplating a further step such as engagement or experiencing a challenge in a longstanding marriage. We will work to understand and address whatever is getting in the way of each of you feeling fulfilled in the relationship and work to bring you to a new level of trust, understanding, and satisfaction.

After graduate school, completed an additional four years of training at the Family Institue of Westchester in New York, an insitute that specializes in training fully licensed therapists who want to specialize in couple and family therapy.

I help couples identify and end the recurring negative interaction they experience through their repetitive cycles of frustration and hopelessness as each longs to be heard and understood without judgement and criticism, and without being discounted, talked over, threatened, insulted, or shut out. I teach you a way to communicate which invites curiosity, clarity, cooperation and provides a way forward when our mate responds with the word no one wants to hear to a request - "no."

My approach to couples counseling is unique in that it starts with the individuals first. We will work together and also apart, with the first session all together, then the next 4-6 sessions are individual hours, so that I can know you as your own unique individual selves. Then we will find what you want in a partnership / relationship / Marriage. All that content will be brought to the table to help you both see each other with fresh eyes and build something that has what it takes to last.

Heather has worked with many couples as they navigate their relationship struggles.

I work with couples and relationship configurations of all kinds to build communication and conflict resolution skills, as well as develop a deeper and more meaningful connection between partners.

Sometimes relationships slip off the road - let's catch it and fix it before you end up in a rut! So many times the issue is communication: your partner just does not understand what you are saying. Let me help translate! It can be very lonely when you feel you are not heard or you are not getting your needs met. Relationships don't have to be hard - let's fix it!

I am working on my level one Gottman training and a PhD in marriage and family therapy. In couples, my focus is on emotional literacy, improving communication, and identification of patterns. I work with couples and non-traditional relationship styles, including polycules.

I have expertise with CNM, open, and poly couples

I am a Licensed Marriage & family Therapist since 2001.