Marriage Counseling

Maybe you're hoping to re-connect with a partner or loved one, improve assertive communication, establish healthy boundaries, or you realize it's time to break free from a relationship or situationship that's depleting your energy and confidence. We will process and work through anything and everything human connection related.

I am passionate about working with couples who are dating, engaged, marriage or anywhere in between. I aim to help you and you significant other improve communication, meet each other's needs, learn fair fighting skills, and acquire other techniques that will strengthen your relationship.

Powerful emotions brought you together, and powerful emotions can help you connect again. When “the honeymoon is over,” it may not be caused by a mutual loss of interest. Your conflicts might actually be caused by a mutual increase in trust—enough trust to start acting out your deepest anxieties about being loved. I help you see how the times you push away from each other may actually be caused by a deep, mutual desire to attach…to each other.

I work with couples to address communication breakdowns and the negative cycles of attack and shutdown that threaten their intimacy. Rather than kick the can down the road with tips or admonishments, I help clients engage in honest, vulnerable conversations right in my office. It's a powerful approach that helps couples foster deeper intimacy and rebuild trust.

Communication, infidelity, sexual and intimacy concerns, arguing, abuse (emotional, verbal, financial, DV), religious divisions, division of labor, in-law issues Financial therapy: money concerns, spending, debt, retirement, investing and saving Intercultural issues: I have lived much of my adult life in various countries in Asia and Europe, where I now reside.

As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I have training and a desire to help couples navigate the struggles that arise in marriage. I work with my couples, exploring all stages of the relationship, learning how they fell in love, and helping them understand where the breakdown started. I help couples learn skills to communicate better and resolve conflicts, focusing on the importance of friendship and trust.

In summary, my approach to working with relationship issues combines a deep understanding of relational dynamics with proven therapeutic techniques. By focusing on communication, trust, intimacy, and personal growth. I strive to help you achieve a healthier, more fulfilling relationships through better connections that begins with a commitment to understanding, healing, and growing together to create the relationship you both want.

I focus on helping couples improve their communication and resolve conflicts using the Gottman Method. By employing proven therapeutic techniques, I support couples in building stronger, healthier relationships.

I am trained in Emotion-Focused Couple Therapy and the Gottman Method.

I have worked with hundreds of couples and have a ton of training under my belt. I don't just work with married couples, I also work with couples who are not married as well as couples who are seeking premarital counseling. In my practice I help couples learn better ways to resolve conflict and communicate effectively, improve their emotional and sexual intimacy, and repair trust after a betrayal.

Relationships are tough! In working through relationship challenges, I will help you to explore patterns, relational traumas, and family impact to support you in understanding the current state of your relationship. Using evidence-based practices, I can help you identify and shift the communication patterns that you and your partner have been knowingly or unknowingly participating in.

I work with people in monogamous and non monogamous relationships to improve understanding of themselves and their partner to reduce conflict and improve connection. I work primarily from an Emotionally Focused Therapy approach which helps couples learn to identify their conflict cycle, interrupt it, and learn to repair more effectively in moments of distress/vulnerability/or disconnection.

I have a Master's Degree in Psychology with an emphasis on families. Most of my training is in Marriage and Family Therapy. I help many couples stay together...or successfully and peacefully transition their relationship.

You and your partner will learn to understand you are not adversaries, 'you are on the same team'. You and your partner will learn how to communicate without becoming defensive and 'shutting down'. You and your partner will learn how to have respectful communication and conversations that are productive and goal oriented. You and your partner will learn how to improve your sense of deing connected and experience improved intimacy. You will learn to like one another again!!

When a relationship does not go the way we want it to go,we start spiraling down to blaming, shaming&guilt-tripping our partner or ourselves. With the Emotionally focused approach, we can learn to understand and appreciate each other's strength, vulnerabilities & differences. By accepting as we are and who we are, we may be able to connect and feel belonging to self and each other. I invite you to join BraveWithin, create, connect and communicate with each other in a special&safe way

Relationships can bring you some of your greatest joys or deepest pains. I enjoy working with committed, motivated couples who seek deeper connection, better communication and improved intimacy, all through a lens of mindfulness, compassion and empathy. Areas of specialty include partner connection, communication, sexual desire differences, intimacy after a diagnosis, adjustment to changes, stress and grief/loss. I also offer premarital counseling services.

Humans are social creatures and positive relationships are important for well being. How we navigate dynamics with others can be the difference between a happy, fulfilling life, or one that isn't. Maintaining personal boundaries, integrity, and staying true to what brings joy and meaning while relating to partners, lovers, friends, co-workers, and family can be tricky at times. I am a solution focused clinician that is competent, compassionate, and non judgmental.

Adjunct Professor at Alliant International University: Sex Therapy Chief Operating Officer, Author, and Presenter at The Affirmative Couch - A continuing education company focused in LGBTQIA+, consensually non monogamous, and kink mental health care.

Often, couples may find themselves stuck in the same patterns of interaction that keep them dissatisfied. Life stressors, circumstances, or breakdowns of trust can all impact our relationships. I work to provide a safe and accepting space that encourages growth so that you and your partner can experience the connection, comfort, and security you desire in your relationship. I use techniques from Gottman and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in my work with couples and individuals.

I have advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.