I approach couples therapy with empathy and openness, integrating techniques from attachment theory, relational therapy, parts work and emotionally focused therapy.

Together, we will explore patterns in your relationship, identify areas for repair and growth, and develop practical strategies to enhance communication, intimacy and connection. I can help you develop an awareness, for example, when you're in the middle of an unwanted pattern by understanding your most protective parts and how they affect your nervous system. We could then practice how to help you pause when you find yourself in the pattern so that you can check in with yourself first in a mindful way, and proceed with a more courageous conversation. These new kinds of conversations as well as a number of other practices I will share can be healing both for you each as individuals and the "us" -- so it works both intrapsychically and interpersonally. While I don't believe it's a partner's job to heal the other partner's early childhood attachment wounds, I do strongly believe that if partners learn how to support, hold, and really listen to each other from the heart that healing happens. Some of this we will do in couples sessions together right alongside the relational work, so we will combine working with each individual and then together, with awareness, compassion, loving kindness, and yes, laughter. Sharing laughter is such a great core value couples can develop in relationships -- and evidence-based studies have shown it directly impacts emotional well-being.