Couples Therapy
Fee: $175 (75 minute session)
I believe that at the heart of every strong relationship lies a deep emotional attachment or bond. When this bond becomes weakened through frequent conflict, criticism, betrayals, or other life stressors, couples can find themselves feeling stuck having the same fights over and over or feeling lonely, resentful, unheard, or disconnected. I specialize in working with couples to help them get out of the negative cycles of distress and disconnection and to strengthen and heal their emotional connection. We will work together, utilizing Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, a proven, evidence-based approach, to help you communicate better, reconnect, heal from past hurts, and build a secure, lasting connection. Once the connection has been strengthened, many couples find that problems begin to lessen and they are able to communicate better and find lasting, effective solutions more easily and collaboratively.
We start by focusing on identifying the patterns of conflict and disconnection in your relationship and begin creating new, supportive ways of relating to one another. Together we will explore the more vulnerable emotions and attachment needs beneath your conflicts and help you both learn to express yourselves and respond to one another in ways that foster understanding and closeness. Whether you're struggling with communication, trust issues, sexual intimacy concerns, feeling distant, or other life problems, we will use the EFT roadmap back to intimacy and connection. I often integrate tools and concepts from Gottman Method Couples therapy to give couples specific techniques and practices to use outside of therapy.
My goal is to help you move from negative cycles of conflict and isolation to a relationship grounded in trust, safety, and mutual support. From this secure, loving place, you and your partner can overcome any challenges you will face together with mutual understanding, consideration and care. You deserve a relationship where you feel truly seen, heard, and valued — and we will work together to get you there.
When we love our partner well, we offer a blueprint for a loving relationship to our children and their partners. Better relationships between love partners are not just a personal preference, they are a social good. Better love relationships mean better families. And better, more loving families mean better, more responsive communities.”
— Sue Johnson
“If you know your loved one is there and will come when you call, you are more confident of your worth, your value. And the world is less intimidating when you have another to count on and know that you are not alone.”
- Dr. Sue Johnson, Founder of EFT