Couples counseling can help you learn to recognize emotional triggers, resolve conflicts, and improve communication in your relationship.
Couples counseling can help you gain greater self-awareness as well as a greater understanding of your partner. Using this insight, you can work together to change your behaviors and strengthen your relationship.
Some of the topics that we may address in couples counseling are:
Communication issues
Clarifying relationship expectations
Understanding and de-escalating chronic conflict
Building trust and intimacy
Learning self-soothing and mindfulness techniques
Building resiliency and learning how to stay in our “window of tolerance”
Understanding our attachment style and how it impacts our intimate relationships
The impact of childhood or sexual trauma on intimate relationships
Sexual difficulties or loss of libido
Navigating polyamorous and non-monogamous relationships
Premarital counseling
Family planning
Negotiating shared responsibilities
Co-dependency
Work/life balance
I have worked with a full spectrum of couples, from heterosexual to LGBTQ+ couples. I work with couples in monogamous relationships as well as those in polyamorous/non-monogamous relationships. All are welcome in my practice.
What to expect in couples counseling:
Couples therapy often tends to be more structured and shorter term than individual therapy. It is my goal to teach you skills that you can quickly begin to implement and integrate into your daily lives. I aim to create an open-minded, safe, and non-judgmental space for all of my clients. It is important to me to remain unbiased and to respect each person’s point of view and experience. As a couples therapist, I am active and direct in my approach, and I often provide my clients with exercises and reading to review at home between sessions. I am trained in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 1) and draw from a variety of therapeutic styles in my couples sessions.
