Couples Counseling

Experience with a range of couples and presenting concerns; am currently receiving training in the Gottman Level I Certification.

When working with couples, I utilize an attachment lens and focus on building a strong sense of attunement to one another AND yourself. We use somatic interventions to build self-regulation and increase tolerance for discomfort, which is necessary for being present and connected with your partner(s) during conflict. I particularly enjoy working with couples who have high conflict, are opening up their relationship, or who are navigating sexual challenges.

Romantic partners can come to therapy for a variety of reasons. I work with partners facing serious challenges, who may be considering a separation and also those looking to deepen their connection or learn new skills before a major commitment. For parents and caregivers, I also provide coaching-style sessions to help you support your children and teens using loving, evidence-based practices. I am kink, queer, and poly affirming.

I am trained in PACT couples therapy. PACT is a Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy. This approach is collaborative, experiential, and based on attachment therapy. We will work to uncover how you and your partner understand relationships based on your formative relationships, those of your parents. Together we will strive to create security, stability, and safety between you and your partner so that you can have a secure attachment. I work with traditional and non-traditional couples.

Being a couples therapist I provide couples counseling to couples who struggle with navigating their relationship. I also provide martial and pre marital counseling along with help navigating sex and intimacy issues in relationships.

I support couples to negotiate a shared understanding of their rich and complex shared experience. Focusing on intentions and hopes, while being clear that conflict and difficulties will always be part of life, can make room for the members of a couple to navigate their problems by focusing on accountability, rather than blame.

I work with all relationship structures!

John Gottman's research found that emotionally intelligent couples are intimately familiar with each other’s worlds. They know each other’s goals in life, worries, and dreams. Without such a love map, you can’t know your partner. From knowledge springs not only love, but the fortitude to weather marital storms. Couples who have detailed love maps of each other’s worlds are far better prepared to cope with stressful events and conflict.

Couples generally come to counseling to improve their connection with each other. The lack of closeness or the presence of resentment is often due to a variety of circumstances. My approach is to learn about when your relationship used to feel better, what happened to change it, and help each person understand and empathize with each other as we explore the deeper motivators that resulted in distance between them. I draw from a variety of techniques based on my perceived needs of the couple.

We have providers who are trained in both Emotion Focused Therapy for couples as well as a Gottman Level 2 certified provider. We have associates that can work to bill insurance for this as well as interns that do this work online. We have trans affirming providers as well as aspec/arospec affirming partner support. We also have poly/ENM/CNM affirming support.

Working with relationship is one of my favorite things to do. Often couples need support and I love offering that support! I have completed levels 1 and 2 of the Gottman training., as well as a 40 hour meditation training with Center for Conflict Resolution.

Couples counseling is one of our specialty areas, as well as help for singles, help with breakups or divorce, and help navigating the dating world. We are relationship experts, and we absolutely love to help people find and restore love and connection. In couples counseling, we use Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) as our main operating framework, and it is extremely powerful in repairing lost trust, love, & connection. We often catch our couples making out in the lobby! Call today.

I use my training in the Gottman approach, Brief Emotion-Focused couples counseling and the family systems model to help clients strengthen their relationships while navigating some of the most difficult times in their lives.

My approach to couples counseling is unique in that it starts with the individuals first. We will work together and also apart, with the first session all together, then the next 4-6 sessions are individual hours, so that I can know you as your own unique individual selves. Then we will find what you want in a partnership / relationship / Marriage. All that content will be brought to the table to help you both see each other with fresh eyes and build something that has what it takes to last.

Are you part of a relationship that feels old and stale? Let’s talk about what’s working, and what’s not working so much in your intimate relationships. We will take a look at different ways to handle loneliness, stress and conflict, sex, and injuries to the basic trust system of your relationship.

Morgan draws from Attachment theory, CBT, Sex Therapy and the Gottman Method to create individualized treatment plans that has demonstrated phenomenal results in strengthening romantic relationships. With the unique combination of compassion and humor, Morgan is able to create a safe space for clients to unpack past regrettable events to move towards healing and forgiveness.

I believe in directly addressing intimacy and sexuality directly in relationships. For me, sex therapy and couple’s therapy go hand-in-hand because relationships and sexuality are deeply connected. Unfortunately, I often hear that people had experience with couple’s therapy that never addressed their sexual lives. This can be especially challenging for clients who don’t entirely fit within these norms, including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and nonmonogamous and polyamorous people.

Couples counseling is my jam. I like seeing the whole relationship in the room whether your relationship is just beginning or perhaps ending -- talking together is the style that I see working best. I think, and research shows, that when more people are in the room, the conversations are more productive. For non-monogamous or poly couples including others or a wider polycule in therapy is an effective way to create positive change.