Couples Therapy

Let's be honest, life can be difficult for all of us and wanting to make it slightly less heavy by sharing our life with someone we love, brings meaning to unity and love in partnership. Love is more than a feeling as it is a conscious two-way decision of wanting to bring understanding, closeness and repair to the union. Despite the wonderful feelings that can be shared in partnerships, there is also continuous work that must be done to bring understanding, compassion, love, closeness and healing. I provide a safe nonjudgmental space for couples to discuss their past and present conflicts and to bring voice to inner child wounds that can potentially be triggered in their adult partnership. Triggers in partnership are very common because it is an intimate connection, often the most intimate, that can mirror back unresolved wounds from the past. The image above demonstrates how in romantic partnerships conflict might cause the adults to feel disconnected, but their inner child who is often the one triggered due to old woulds, deep inside wants to find repairment through connection.

I invite you to a space where your authentic voices can be heard and where we help rebuild a bridge of love between you two that provides compassionate and empathetic listening, where you can each identify and verbalize your unique needs, in hopes of finding a middle ground where needs can be met within the relationship. However, other times needs will also be met utside of the relationship wether individually, with support from loved ones and/or friends, as it is an unrealistic expectation for a partner to meet all your needs entirely. Therapy can provide couples with helpful tools to bring closeness and healing, and sometimes through therapy couples find that they would prefer to part ways. It can also be healing to process the ending of a relationship in therapy.

I utilize emotion focused tools, mindfulness tools, attachment theory, imago communication tools and conflict resolution tools to help strengthen your relationship and/or reach the goals you set for your partnership. I provide LGBTQ affirming care.