Couples Therapy
For couples who are committed to staying together and need help working on their relationship, I help them see patterns that are not working. There is no blame game and I don’t take sides. I am on the side of the relationship. We identify the pattern (which may include family history patterns such as alcoholism, abuse, lack of emotions, etc.), break the pattern, and create new, preferred ways of interacting and communicating.
When there is a history of trauma that may be keeping one partner “stuck”, they may be a candidate for EMDR therapy. If the couple is close, the other partner may be a witness and source of support for the one going through trauma reprocessing. This shared dynamic of vulnerability and empathy leads to greater intimacy and connection.