Services
- Individual
- Couples
About My Clients
Right now you may feel stuck yet eager to make things better with your partner. You may try by reaching out repeatedly hoping they see you care. The relationship means so much to you! Or you hope your partner gives you space because you don't always know what to do in the moment. You just want things to get better! When these strategies don’t work, the relationship can start to feel shaky, uncertain. In our counseling sessions, my goal is to help you find new patterns that bring you together.
My Background and Approach
You’ll experience professional, trusted methods with an encouraging, plaid & jeans sincerity. I create a balanced relationship with you and your partner. I don't take sides, labels or blame. I seek to equally support you both. Couples appreciate how this nonjudgemental style provides safety and hope. Let's understand what patterns keep you stuck and what it takes to change them so that you and your partner can feel at home with each other again! I primarily use Emotion Focused Couples Therapy. EFT applies 50 years of research on human bonding and 30 years of applying that research to couples counseling. This helps us understand and work through challenging conflict patterns in our relationships. Gottman Method Couples Counseling and its 30-plus years of relationship research.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
New information can be useful, but it alone does not create change. New thoughts and new behaviors are vital, but they alone do not lead to change. Tips and tricks can come in handy, but they don't sustain lasting change. But a new experience at a core, visceral level is where it all comes together and you experience change. This is core to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: to give you a space where you have new experiences with each other that sooth your fears, nurtures a deep friendship and reignites passion.