Couples Counseling

MYTH: All we need is better communication. TRUTH: Communication is important, but learning how to identify and attend to the deep wounds that drive conflict is the key to breaking toxic cycles and building healthy bonds. OUR WORK TOGETHER: You and your partner will enter a safe space where you will both learn powerful tools for diffusing destructive patterns and increasing vulnerability, empathy, and accountability—the requisites for strong, lasting, deeply satisfying partnership.

Couples therapy helps us navigate the most complex thing on Earth - the human relationship. We all struggle in relationships from time to time. We fight, we bicker, we threaten, we cheat. Eventually, we need some help. By weaving together attachment theory, neuroscience, mindfulness, and the most effective couples therapy approaches, I help couples fall in love again.

I work with couples and relationship configurations of all kinds to build communication and conflict resolution skills, as well as develop a deeper and more meaningful connection between partners.

My focus and track in graduate school was couples and families and I have continued my work since constantly obtaining new education, training and reading about techniques to help couples from various backgrounds that find themselves in my office.

When I'm practicing traditional couples therapy I often take a more directive role, guiding the sessions and providing recommendations based on my expertise. By combining evidence-based methods like Gottman Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), I help couples navigate conflicts, rebuild trust, and strengthen bonds.

In relationship counseling with me, you and your partner(s) will have the opportunity to learn new communication skills while deepening your emotional bond and securing your attachment with one another. I primarily use Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques, which ask you to tune into your emotions in the present moment in order to shift your relationship cycle. I also use Gottman Method techniques, which teach you concrete ways to communicate differently with one another.

Couples coming to counseling want to learn how to communicate better with each other. To recognize the cycles that they find themselves falling into. They also want to work on becoming more intimate and connected to their partner. I work with all types of relationships including open relationships, queer relationships, and those wanting to explore new things together.

After graduate school, completed an additional four years of training at the Family Institue of Westchester in New York, an insitute that specializes in training fully licensed therapists who want to specialize in couple and family therapy.

My institute training included a specialty track on dynamic couples psychotherapy. I work with couples and adults in consensual non-monogomous relationships to understand how unconscious patterns provide context for specific concerns in their relationship(s). In essence, I aid them in understanding how the intersections of their past experiences and inner worlds are showing up in the relationship(s). General concerns include intimacy, communication, parenting, marital separation, and infidelity.

Building intimate connections can be one of the most rewarding and challenging aspects of adult life. Lack of intimacy and feelings of isolation including within the context of a relationship can be a contributing factor to psychological distress. Couple therapy provides a productive arena to assess what is challenging to an existing relationship and what may be interfering with growing individually or as a couple, And it can offer insight and tools needed to reduce conflict and build intimacy.

In couples therapy, I’m your go-to for navigating the tricky parts of relationships. I help you both communicate better, understand each other’s needs, and tackle any issues head-on. It’s all about building a stronger, more connected partnership where both of you feel seen and heard.

Morgan draws from Attachment theory, CBT, Sex Therapy and the Gottman Method to create individualized treatment plans that has demonstrated phenomenal results in strengthening romantic relationships. With the unique combination of compassion and humor, Morgan is able to create a safe space for clients to unpack past regrettable events to move towards healing and forgiveness.

First I'll help identify the root of your issues, then help you learn the skills to overcome them. This includes learning and practicing open and loving communication skills and developing empathy for your partner’s perspectives. One technique I use to accomplish this is to identify your core feelings and coping techniques within arguments and then help you break this pain cycle by replacing them with unifying behavior. Another is exercises/worksheets you can work on in-between sessions.

Couples counseling is my jam. I like seeing the whole relationship in the room whether your relationship is just beginning or perhaps ending -- talking together is the style that I see working best. I think, and research shows, that when more people are in the room, the conversations are more productive. For non-monogamous or poly couples including others or a wider polycule in therapy is an effective way to create positive change.

I've been working with couples in both consensual non-monogamous relationships and monogamous relationships since 2013. I can almost guarantee you haven't invented a new way to struggle in relationships. Since I started working with couples though, I have learned many new ways to support your relationship(s).

We tailor our approach to meet the needs of each couple. Most couples benefit from an approach that combines learning new skills (e.g., communicating more effectively) with space to work through issues in therapy and practice using these new skills. Couples counseling tends to focus on three areas: (1) strengthening the couple’s friendship, (2) helping the couple more effectively engage with conflict, and (3) helping the couples navigate questions around life goals and values.

I met with couples seeking therapy for various reasons, but usually, there are a few common themes or issues such as trust, communication, or connection. Each couple needs to define what they consider a healthy relationship to be or look like. Because each individual comes from a different cultural background/history and most likely has different beliefs/morals/values due to their upbringing this helps couples understand the complexity of combining two human beings in a partnership.

I work with all relationship structures!