Couples & Relationship Therapy

  • A Safe, Supportive Space: In couples therapy, your sense of safety and security in the relationship comes first. Sessions are designed to give both partners a respectful and supportive place to share openly.

  • Improving Communication & Connection: We’ll explore what each of you brings to the relationship and how those patterns shape the way you connect. You’ll learn practical skills to improve communication, increase empathy, and resolve conflict with compassion.

  • Building Emotional Regulation: Together, we’ll practice awareness and regulation skills that reduce cycles of reactivity and defensiveness. This creates more balance, equity, and mutual respect in your partnership.

  • Lasting Relationship Tools: Over time, you’ll gain reliable strategies to navigate challenges, strengthen intimacy, and feel more connected as a team.

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The goal of our work in couples therapy is to move towards security in your relationship with one another. This work aims to give you a deeper sense of connection while maintaining a felt sense of safety and respect.

This entails exploring your shared vision and the ways in which you work together to move towards this. We will look at how your interactions with one another protect or degrade your relationship. In doing so, we will examine your patterns of engagement and explore new ways of relating that strengthen your collaboration and understanding of each other.

Serving the objective to increase emotional intimacy and stability, you will develop skills to deescalate tension, manage conflict, and repair the relationship.

FAQ Couples & Relationship Therapy

  • Couples therapy helps partners strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and deepen connection. In our work together, you will both learn to work through conflict, intimacy struggles, or challenges like betrayal and life transitions. The goal is to create an equitable, more secure, and fulfilling relationship.

  • Couples therapy is for all types of relationships. I welcome married, engaged, polyamorous, non-monogamous, dating, LGBTQ+, and other non-traditional partnerships. The focus is on building safety, improving communication, and creating the kind of connection that feels right for you.

  • Couples therapy supports people through many challenges, including frequent conflict, intimacy struggles, betrayal, parenting stress, or big life changes. It is also valuable for couples managing trauma, anxiety, or cultural differences. Many partners seek therapy not only when things are hard, but also to intentionally strengthen their bond.

  • Couples therapy may be helpful if you and your partner feel stuck in repeated arguments, feel distant or misunderstood, or struggle to resolve ongoing issues. Many people seek therapy not only to repair conflict but to also grow stronger and feel more connected. Couples therapy provides tools that help you move forward together with deeper understanding and ease.

  • The length of therapy depends on your goals and the issues you want to address. Some couples get clarity around their needs or notice improvements after a few sessions. Others choose to continue for support throughout the inevitable changes that life presents. Even short-term couples therapy can give lasting tools for better communication and deeper connection.

  • The goal of couples therapy is to help you strengthen your relationship. Sometimes therapy brings clarity about challenges that need to be addressed, but it also gives tools for repair and growth. Even in cases where partners decide to part, therapy may help them separate with more respect and clarity.

  • The first few sessions we’ll discuss the difficulties that are bringing you to therapy, your history, and what you both hope to get out of couples therapy. Using a mix of developmental neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and attachment we will decrease conflict and improve connection through repair and communication.