Couples Therapy

Hoping to feel more connected to your partner or find support through a challenging time is often how couples counseling begins. In therapy, we will practice speaking and listening without defensiveness or blame, understanding each member’s hopes for the relationship, and ways each individual can show up as their best self, towards the goal of creating the relationship you want.

Couples work is often more challenging than individual work, but the rewards can be far greater. I approach this work with an eye to where harms and hurts lie, practice repair skills, and help each person in the couple develop goals for themselves that will lead to a healthier couple.

We cannot change others, but as we change ourselves, each of our relationships will shift around us.

Our first session will have us all together as I get to know your relationship and where you are at. Then I have individual sessions with each member with the disclaimer that I do not keep secrets. If something is shared in the individual sessions that is important to be know within the relationship, I will support the process of disclosing the information gently and with care. After the individual sessions, we will resume meeting with all members.