Couples Counseling

Connection is a vital part of our lives. Regardless of the cliché stigmas that tell us to "work on ourselves before we can get into a relationship", I believe that the most growth is facilitated through our initmate relationships. I hope to assist couples in moving towards the development and maintenance of secure attachment and effective communication.

As a licensed Marriage Family therapist, I received masters level training in couples counseling. I also worked at several domestic violence shelters and facilitated batterer's intervention programs, where I taught about "healthy relationships" and how to have a relationship based in respect. Since that time, I have studied the Gottman method. I am most interested in helping couples use mindfulness and positive communication strategies to build a better relationship.

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.

Couples Counseling is a wonderful way to bring increased intimacy and improved communication to any relationship. Expressing boundaries, healing from past issues and moving forward to a future with shared goals are all part of the journey. I believe that every couple can improve their overall relationship satisfaction through counseling.

Couple's Counseling is extremely difficult from the therapist's perspective. I have to help two people who have two completely different points of view, about the same situation, find some way to come to an agreement while remaining neutral and empathic to both points of view. I also have to teach you how to do something you have been doing your entire life and only seem to not do it correctly when you're with your person. Long story short, there is a lot of humor involved.

Couples counseling is one of our specialty areas, as well as help for singles, help with breakups or divorce, and help navigating the dating world. We are relationship experts, and we absolutely love to help people find and restore love and connection. In couples counseling, we use Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) as our main operating framework, and it is extremely powerful in repairing lost trust, love, & connection. We often catch our couples making out in the lobby! Call today.

I work with couples who feel disconnected and misunderstood. I use an eclectic approach including EFT, Gottman and attachment based interventions to help couples gain deeper insight into their own experience as well as find mutual ground with their partners.

When we fight with our partners, it feels like there is something else under the surface. Fights are like icebergs, some of it may be visible, but there may be deeper reasons. My goal is to help you and your partner express your true feelings and needs in a healthy manner, which lie beneath the surface. I will help you discover the cycle you are both stuck in, what you each contribute, and how you can each be your true selves. With this we can come to the best outcome for the relationship.

Assisting couples in working through relationship issues and achieve greater satisfaction and stability in their relationship.

I work with all relationship structures!

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!

I use the Gottman Method to help you and your partner strengthen your relationship by building trust, improving communication, and deepening emotional connection. I can guide you in managing conflict, expressing needs effectively, and fostering mutual understanding. By identifying negative patterns and enhancing friendship and intimacy, you’ll develop skills to navigate challenges and create a lasting, fulfilling partnership.

In relationship counseling with me, you and your partner(s) will have the opportunity to learn new communication skills while deepening your emotional bond and securing your attachment with one another. I primarily use Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques, which ask you to tune into your emotions in the present moment in order to shift your relationship cycle. I also use Gottman Method techniques, which teach you concrete ways to communicate differently with one another.

The Gottman Method is an approach to couples therapy that includes a thorough assessment of the couple’s relationship and integrates research-based interventions based on the Sound Relationship House Theory. The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.

I have expertise with CNM, open, and poly couples

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.

In couples therapy, I’m your go-to for navigating the tricky parts of relationships. I help you both communicate better, understand each other’s needs, and tackle any issues head-on. It’s all about building a stronger, more connected partnership where both of you feel seen and heard.

I believe in directly addressing intimacy and sexuality directly in relationships. For me, sex therapy and couple’s therapy go hand-in-hand because relationships and sexuality are deeply connected. Unfortunately, I often hear that people had experience with couple’s therapy that never addressed their sexual lives. This can be especially challenging for clients who don’t entirely fit within these norms, including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and nonmonogamous and polyamorous people.