Couples Counseling

My approach with clients incorporates techniques from Gottman Couples Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Sex Therapy. Depending on what brings a couple in, my approach is tailored to meet your needs and reach your goals. Prepare to learn things like conflict management skills, uncover empathy and understanding with improved communication, and even bridge the gaps of desire and intimacy you're looking for.

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 Marriage and Family therapist Couples work is my passion. I practice EFT (Emotionally focused couples therapy) which is known as the gold standard for Couples Therapy modalities. I specialize specifically in events that create attachment injuries/ruptures such as infidelity, infertility, chronic health concerns, treated or untreated ADHD/ASD etc.

You’re here for a reason. Maybe there’s an inability to communicate, an affair/infidelity, sexual issues or monotony in the relationship. Whatever the case, you know things can be better. Using the best of Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Method, I help couples not only reconnect but create a relationship that’s better than before. Reach out via phone or email. Availability is limited. I also provide Christian Counseling for couples who desire faith integration.

I am trained in emotionally focused couples therapy and structural family therapy. These modalities emphasize the power of attachment to solve problems and heal emotional wounds. I specialize, with over thirteen years of experience, in the integration of couples therapy and sex therapy to help relationships of all kinds comprehensively address the complexity of their lived experiences.

I also see couples using the Gottman method (level 1 trainined) and Prepare/Enrich (for pre-marital/pre-commitment counseling), including those engaged in or looking to explore ethical nonmonogamy.

Developmental Model of Couples Therapy through The Couples Institute Psychobiological Approach To Couple Therapy (PACT) through The PACT Institute, Level II

Building intimate connections can be one of the most rewarding and challenging aspects of adult life. Lack of intimacy and feelings of isolation including within the context of a relationship can be a contributing factor to psychological distress. Couple therapy provides a productive arena to assess what is challenging to an existing relationship and what may be interfering with growing individually or as a couple, And it can offer insight and tools needed to reduce conflict and build intimacy.

What will empowerment in your relationship look like? What does couples therapy help with? Finding autonomy in togetherness Understanding and resolving negative interactional cycles Cultivating emotional closeness through attunement Vocalizing wants and needs Communicating with transparency Creating intentional intimacy Navigating and repairing attachment ruptures

I work with all relationship structures!

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

I have spent the last several years focusing intently on this area and learning as much as I can. I have studied various techniques and employed them with clients. Couples work has been so rewarding for me as a professional that I continue to be motivated to learn as much as I can! I have spent countless hours with couples and feel my skill set is a great fit in this area!

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.

I use an eclectic mix of Gottman Method and Relational Life Therapy with couples, partnerships and polycules.

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.

In addition to the Gottman method, I also incorporate elements of emotionally focused therapy as well as sampling from other experts in the field in order to create the most enhanced experience for the couple.