Irene Shakhnis AMFT #149421

Depression can make everything feel heavier and harder to access — even things you used to enjoy. We'll start by understanding what's keeping you stuck, then build a collaborative plan using EMDR and other approaches tailored to your needs. Many clients notice more ease and clarity within the first several sessions, with deeper, lasting change as we continue the work together.

EFT helps couples get underneath the fight — the criticism or the shutdown — to the softer fears and unmet needs driving it. Instead of scoring who's right, we slow down the cycle so you can actually hear each other, rebuild trust, and create the kind of connection that holds up outside of session too.

Much of how we love, argue, and self-soothe (or don't) traces back to our earliest relationships. Attachment-based work looks at those patterns — not to blame anyone, but to help you understand why you react the way you do and build new, more secure ways of connecting, both with others and with yourself.

EMDR helps the brain process memories and experiences that got "stuck" — the ones that still spike your heart rate or hijack your mood years later. I use it with individuals working through trauma, anxiety, and old relational wounds, always at a pace you're ready for. You don't need a single "big-T" trauma to benefit; EMDR is just as effective for the smaller moments that quietly shaped how you see yourself and others.

Anxiety can show up as a racing mind, a tight chest, or conversations you replay at 2am long after they're over. I use EMDR alongside attachment-based and relational work to help you understand what's driving the anxiety, not just manage its symptoms. Most clients notice more ease within the first several sessions, with deeper, lasting change as we continue together.

Marriage counseling isn't about deciding who's right. It's about understanding the cycle you keep getting stuck in and learning to break it together. Using Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy, we work on rebuilding trust, improving communication, and reconnecting beneath the day-to-day friction, whether you're working through a specific rupture or just want to feel like a team again.

Marriage counseling isn't about deciding who's right. It's about understanding the cycle you keep getting stuck in and learning to break it together. Using Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy, we work on rebuilding trust, improving communication, and reconnecting beneath the day-to-day friction, whether you're working through a specific rupture or just want to feel like a team again.

Marriage counseling isn't about deciding who's right. It's about understanding the cycle you keep getting stuck in and learning to break it together. Using Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy, we work on rebuilding trust, improving communication, and reconnecting beneath the day-to-day friction, whether you're working through a specific rupture or just want to feel like a team again.

Marriage counseling isn't about deciding who's right. It's about understanding the cycle you keep getting stuck in and learning to break it together. Using Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy, we work on rebuilding trust, improving communication, and reconnecting beneath the day-to-day friction, whether you're working through a specific rupture or just want to feel like a team again.