Relationship Issues

Through my work addressing partner violence and abuse, I have a significant amount of training and experience supporting healthy, emotionally and physically safe and secure relationships.

Through my comprehensive and science-backed approach, I support couples in achieving their relationship goals and building a lasting connection. Our work together will help you learn how to begin working as a team against the issue, rather than turning against each other. Beyond conflict management, I will help you nurture your friendship, deepen emotional intimacy, and reignite the romance that serves as the foundation of a thriving relationship.

As a seasoned Couples Counselor, Marriage therapist, and pre-marital therapist, I am grateful to have been able to help couples successfully build new stories for their present and future. It is a privilege to assist people from various backgrounds, cultures, and histories to work together toward collaborative change. I am a passionate narrative therapist, but I have 15 years of teaching Couples Counseling to graduates, drawing on other models such as Attachment Theory and EFT.

Whether you are a part of a couple (or poly) or just come in by yourself, or maybe it's about platonic or work relationships, this has been the main focus my academic studies. My Masters degree is actually in Systems Psychology, which is basically the perspective that an individual's psychology is driven, at least in part, by all of the systems with which they are connected or even have been connected. I have helped many clients improve their relationships with themselves and others.

THE CRISIS—Infidelity/ Affair/ Cheating/Adultery--Basically they’re all the same. You thought you had an understanding with your partner or spouse that you were in a monogamous relationship. Now you either suspect or know your partner is/has cheated on you & you feel betrayed. Do you worry the relationship can never be healed? How could you ever trust again? You'll need specialized tools to recover and rebuild trust, the skills found in my toolbox. Recovery is possible.

Constant fighting, miscommunication, and feeling unheard can make your relationship feel exhausting. Whether you’re premarital, at the 10-year mark, or anywhere in between, you want to reconnect, but every conversation turns into an argument. Couples counseling helps break the cycle. Using the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy, I guide you in understanding triggers, improving communication, and rebuilding trust. You don’t have to stay stuck in conflict.

Whether your situation is one that is leaving you and your partner feeling out of balance or distant, or perhaps in the midst of a revelation or traumatic experience or transition, therapy can provide a safe space to examine the issues, heal the wounds, and learn healthier ways of being in relationship and honoring your shared goals.

As a marriage and family therapist, I help my clients improve and cultivate healthy relationships and heal from unhealthy ones, whether I am working with you as an individual or couple. By helping you to improve skills such as boundary setting, communication, and conflict resolution, I can help you to create the type of relationships you want and deserve. I help couples recover from toxic patterns in their relationship and develop a more positive, healthier way of functioning.

I help individuals navigate relationship challenges by exploring attachment patterns, communication styles, and emotional needs. With a background in adoption and trauma work, I bring a deep understanding of connection, trust, and healing. I have ample experience working with survivors of intimate partner violence. I enjoy helping people work on boundaries and communication skills to build healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

Are you struggling with communication blocks, grieving, or dealing with loss or betrayal? Trusting again can be difficult if you have been hurt. However, healing comes from finding relationships that show you that you are lovable, worthy, and resilient. Let’s begin to repair this deeply painful relational wound. You matter, and you are worth it!

I work with individuals, couples, and families to address issues in communication, life transitions, divorce, abuse recovery, and coparenting challenges. I utilize approaches that fit you or your family's needs, rather than adopting an one size fits all approach. I am dedicated to using trauma-informed and evidence based treatment modalities.

When it comes to relationship drama, I’m all about cutting through the noise and getting real. I help people sort out the messy feelings, have the tough conversations, and figure out what they actually want so they can build connections that feel right.

When you and your partner have struggled with the same issues for a long time, boosting morale is the first task. I help you celebrate what has been most meaningful about your relationship so far. We take great care to examine and grow the individual and collective dreams you have been chasing. These motivations have held you and your loved ones together, and they can move you forward together.

Relationships of all kinds are such a big part of our lives, so why are they so hard? We long to feel connected and secure with those around us, but that's feels easier said than done. Together, we will explore more helpful ways to approach your relationships so that they can be stress-free. Our work will explore communication skills, needs & boundaries, processing fears about vulnerability, and discovering other obstacles to help create & maintain fulfilling relationships.

Specialized training and over 40 years of experience in working with relationship problems presented in individual psychotherapy or conducting couples therapy.

My goal is to help you build stronger relationships, develop self-awareness, and improve your overall quality of life. Therapy isn’t just about working through what’s happening to you now—it’s about equipping you with the skills and insight to navigate whatever comes next. If you’re feeling stuck or ready to make a change, I would love to be a part of your journey.

Gain a new perspective on your relationships and the patterns that keep you stuck. Develop skills that will help you experience more confidence, security, and connection in your relationships with yourself and those around you.

I help families and couples improve communication and resolve conflicts. By building strong alliances and understanding each person's motivation to maintain the relationship, we create a foundation for change. I assess power dynamics and guide clients in balancing them. Together, we explore conflict triggers and practice real-time efforts to manage the situation in a way that lets all parties be truly understood. My goal is to increase empathy and comfort in vulnerability within the dynamic.

I help clients improve relationships: partners, family members, co-workers, friends.