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Couples often come to therapy describing cycles of conflict and blame, or silence and withdrawal, that leave both partners feeling exasperated, confused, anxious, lonely and even hopeless.

 

One of the most heartening aspects of couples therapy is the tender connection that returns when partners feel deeply into each others' emotional worlds.

 

This empathy comes most easily when couples can identify their mutually-reinforcing patterns of negative (and positive) interaction. When we combine the "felt sense" with a logical framework, the result is most often repair and healing.

 

I use effective, highly-regarded methods that support you to become a stronger, closer couple, and inspire grounded hope for sustainable change.

 

With effective therapy, couples often transform:

  • Fruitless arguments into ...

    Respectful conversations where each person's experience is valued.


  • Disconnection and loneliness into ...

    Satisfying connection and increased emotional availability.


  • Broken trust or betrayal into ...

    Greater empathy, as well as repair of deep hurt.


  • Unmet sexual needs or waning passion into ...

    Courage to be vulnerable and more satisfying sex.


  • Complaints about imbalanced giving and receiving into ...

    Appreciation of differences and more comfortable sharing of responsibility.


  • Ambivalence or questions of compatibility into ...

    Mutual commitment and increased connection, or more clarity about your options.

 

 

Couples therapy can help couples navigate the strain of special challenges, including: fertility, a special needs child, adoption, health problems, aging parents or extended family dynamics...

 

 

 

 

To learn more, go to the My Approach page.