“Conflict is an opportunity to learn how to love each other better over time.” - John Gottman
Premarital Counseling
Start your partnership off with a strong foundation by dedicating a handful of sessions to premarital counseling. Premarital counseling allows you and your partner to improve your communication and compassion toward one another, decide important aspects of the relationship before they become an issue, help you plan for the future, and learn more about each other and yourselves.
Couples Counseling
When your romantic relationship is suffering, it can have pervasive effects on other areas of your life. If you and your partner are having frequent, intense arguments without satisfying repairs or resolutions, feeling unheard or unseen by one another, experiencing a decline in passion or physical intimacy, noticing persistent negative feelings toward one another, or having difficulty making calm, collaborative decisions, it might be time to engage in couples therapy. My practice is inclusive; I work with LGBTQ+ couples, open relationships, and interracial/cross-cultural couples. I have training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT), and Level 1 of Gottman Method Couples Therapy. I will work with you and your partner to first identify the main concerns in your relationship through a thorough assessment, provide an individualized treatment plan based on your specific problem areas, and provide you with concrete tools that you can utilize in and outside of sessions. I combine my various training experiences to create changes that you will begin to see early on in treatment, with special emphasis on the 3 areas that most strongly predict long-lasting relationships:
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Treating your partner like a good friend
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Handling conflicts in gentle and positive ways
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Being able to repair after conflicts and negative interactions
Perinatal Couples
Trying to conceive, pregnancy and parenthood can be particularly vulnerable experience for a family. These transitions involve emotional and physical challenges that you may not expect or anticipate, and that may affect the way you feel toward or interact with your partner. I have experience helping couples and families with:
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Pre-baby counseling
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Trying to conceive
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Preparing to bring baby home
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Pregnancy loss
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Preterm birth
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NICU hospitalization
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Traumatic delivery
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Parenting
Family Therapy
I work primarily with families or dyads (parent-child) with adult children over 18 years old. In my work with families, I lean on my background in Family Systems Therapy. I see the family as system composed of interrelated parts. A problem for any member of a family has an effect on all others. Together, we will understand the problem at hand and learn ways to engage in healthy conflict, connect on vulnerabilities, and repair when necessary.
