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Couples Therapy

I work with couples who long for a more trusting, embodied, and connected relationship.

The couples I work best with are interested in doing their own work. While it can be tempting to think our partner is “the problem,” — what’s most often accurate is that we co-create the issues in our relationships. We participate in the dynamics, informed by a slew of conscious and unconscious factors dating back to our youngest selves.

 

As Dr. Sue Johnson put it: “The drama of love is all about this hunger for safe emotional connection, a survival imperative we experience from the cradle to the grave.”

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I approach this work with hopes of achieving 1) greater honesty and transparency on both sides and 2) increased empathy and understanding of each other. I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy, attachment theory, Gottman Couples Therapy and the work of Terry Real and Esther Perel.

 

Here’s how we get unstuck:

We go beneath the content of the issues and explore the unmet attachment needs, recognizing that we are wired for connection and we protest disconnection.

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I specialize in helping couples:

communicate effectively  •  increase intimacy  •  learn how to collaborate as a team  •  heal past wounds  •  develop interdependence instead of codependence  •  advocate for their needs  •  establish more sincerity, vulnerability, and playfulness  •  tackle big life transitions  •  coparent with grace

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