Your relationship is unique, your shared history, the small ways you get each other, the things you laugh about, the life you’ve built. But relationship challenges have similar root causes and show up for couples in similar ways. Have you made a conscious choice to react to your partner differently or try a new approach, but still find yourself back in the same place? When you feel misunderstood, unappreciated, ignored, or wronged, it can feel safer or easier to pull back. At the same time, it can be terrifying to feel that a chasm is opening between you and the person you love.

I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help couples understand the emotions and needs driving their conflicts and break the cycles keeping them stuck in patterns and making them feel angry, confused, and disconnected. Together we’ll rebuild trust and clear blocks to an honesty rooted in self-understanding and a capacity to see and hear each other.

I understand from my own experience that acknowledging relationship challenges can be difficult and that couples therapy takes courage. But making time and showing up can remind you that you’re important to each other. And as the ground beneath you stabilizes, you could find yourself feeling more capable of meeting challenges in other areas your life and more open and present with all the people you care about.

Client Focus: Couples, Families, Individuals, 2SLGBTQIA+ allied, BIPOC allied

Types of Therapy: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Family Systems Therapy

Issues: Relationship issues, Life transitions, Individuals or couples struggling with fertility challenges, Building strong interracial/intercultural partnerships, Traumas impacting relationships, Mood and anxiety, Substance use, Caregiver stress, Body image

More then just my work: “Love is always the possibility of being present at the birth of the world” (Alain Badiou)