Couples Counseling and Therapy for Relationships

For The Love You Want to Last

Is your relationship feeling turbulent or unhappy? Are you having trouble communicating with one another effectively? Maybe you feel that your love with one another used to be so easy, but now everything seems so hard. Maybe it starts with bickering over something small and then somehow spirals out of control. Or perhaps the low-grade bickering lasts all day without ever erupting into anything dramatic—but a grim slog through life isn’t what you’d hoped “forever” in love would look like.

Or maybe you are in a relationship that never had a true “honeymoon” period. Perhaps the unwanted conflict with your significant other, lover, partner or spouse has been there from the beginning. Perhaps in this relationship, there has always been an undeniable connection—but also far too much pain. People in this situation come to relationship counseling to find a way to move beyond the difficulty and into the kind of gratifying, happy relationship that they’ve always wanted with each other.

I work with people in traditional marriages and monogamous relationships. Other relationship styles are also welcome.

Some of the couples I work with are straight and some of the couples I work with are part of the LGBTQ + community.

In relationship counseling for all couples, I help people:

  • Notice when strong emotions in the present are tied to earlier life experiences

  • Cultivate an ability to speak with one another productively about their experiences

  • Learn, as a couple, how to cope when one or both of you are dysregulated

  • Make space for both people’s feelings in the relationship

  • Learn how to speak and listen in order increase understanding

  • Strengthen the foundation of the relationship

  • Increase feelings of security and safety

  • Recover from acts or experiences of betrayal

  • Become a unified team that supports one another well

  • Negotiate areas of true disagreement

I work with clients in a non-judgmental, respectful and compassionate manner to help you increase feelings of satisfaction and fulfillment in your relationship.

If you are interested in exploring couples counseling for your relationship, I encourage you to contact me. If you are ready now, now is a very good time to reach out. I will be glad to hear from you.

You can schedule a time to talk, call me, or email me.