Couples Therapy
With 25 years together, my husband and I know firsthand that lasting love takes work, care, and honest communication. Let me help you strengthen your relationship-book your session today and start your journey toward deeper connection.
Couples Therapy
Modern relationships are under more stress than ever-whether it’s the pressure of busy schedules, financial worries, parenting, or simply growing apart over time. Many couples find themselves stuck in cycles of miscommunication, unresolved conflict, or feeling disconnected and unheard. If you’re struggling with trust issues, frequent arguments, or emotional distance, you’re not alone. Our couples therapy sessions offer a safe, supportive space to work through these challenges together. With expert guidance and proven techniques, we help couples break negative patterns, rebuild trust, and develop the communication skills needed to reconnect and strengthen your relationship for the future.
I specialize in high conflict relationships where one or both partners are experiencing highly disruptive physical and emotional symptoms including:
- Sleep disturbance
- difficulty eating
- Hypervigilance – where one or both are compulsively searching for more evidence of infidelity.
- Doubting your reality
- anxiety and panic attacks
- emotional outbursts
- inability to concentrate
- Flashbacks
You’re both probably furious with each other and you’re stuck in the same old painful arguments feeling unheard angry or alone maybe you’ve discovered a betrayal a hidden double life or a sudden change in one’s gender or sexual identity
Relationships face real world challenges that weren’t present or even imagined when you two got together and now you’re scared because your vision of the future feels uncertain and you wonder if this is the right person for me, will we ever feel close again?
No matter how complex or painful your situation there is hope together we can navigate these challenges and help move you towards healing.
High Conflict Relationships
Are you and your partner experiencing;
- Anxiety as you wait for the next fight or problem
- Craving closeness or needing space
- Ruminating about the ways your partner has wronged you
- Feeling invalidated
- “Lawyering up” to defend your position to your partner
- Ultimatums and threats to divorce
In my work with high conflict couples I draw from the gottman method and Esther perel’s insights to help you break negative cycles and ReDiscover connection. We start by identifying the four Horsemen Of the Apocalypse that are destroying your relationship including criticism, defensiveness, contempt and stonewalling, these often show up in highly conflicted relationships I teach you to replace them with healthier communication like gentle startups and repair attempts we’ll focus on recognizing and responding to bids for connection those small moments when your partner reaches out for attention or affection which research shows are fundamental to lasting relationships I teach you how to do that in our sessions.
Attachment Wound Repair for Couples
I understand how tough it can be when old patterns show up in your relationship but I believe change is possible for both of you. In our sessions I’ll offer practical tools and gentle guidance to help you and your partner understand your attachment Styles and how past experiences may be affecting your connection together we’ll explore simple evidence-based ways to manage emotions communicate needs and rebuild trust this is a gradual process and it’s normal to need support along the way if you’re both better ready to work toward a more secure and authentic relationship I’m here to support you on that path.
After 25 years together my husband and I have learned that a lasting relationship is built on more than just love it’s about a deep understanding shared growth and choosing each other every day our journey has been filled with laughter challenges and countless moments that have been strengthened our bond making us partners best friends and true teammates for over 5 years I’ve had the privilege of supporting couples from all walks of life through a wide variety of relationship challenges with more than 20 years of experience as a mental health professional and using the methods advocated by a stair parel and the gottman method I invite you to heal and strengthen your relationship by learning practical and proven skills such as
- effective communication techniques that Foster empathy and reduce conflict
- building emotional intimacy through shared rituals and meaningful connections
- managing stress and the external pressures as a team
- repairing trust and navigating forgiveness after hurts or betrayals
- creating shared goals and Visions for your future together
Together we will work to create a partnership for you and your partner rooted and understanding resilience and Lasting Love I’m excited to guide you on this transformative journey toward a more joyful and fulfilling relationship
