Sitting down with your partner and deciding to go to couples therapy is a big step that can be a difficult conversation to initiate or may come with stigma. But jumping into something together and asking for support is a huge act of love and care — for yourself and each other. 

In couples therapy, I aim to provide a compassionate and holding space where the honest, messy, and beautiful can all be expressed and, very importantly, heard. This helps us uncover underlying, perhaps unconscious, thoughts, beliefs, and feelings that are impacting a relationship.

Oftentimes, we carry models of love from our family of origin without examining whether it is ours to carry at all. By exploring past formative relationships we often discover experiences that turned into beliefs; beliefs that turned into behaviors; reactions that contribute to a relational dynamic that no longer works for us. By clarifying these dynamics in the presence of your partner, empathy and deeper understanding can emerge.  

You may be:

• feeling stuck in cycles of the same conflict or fights

• struggling to communicate without shutting down or escalating

• experiencing stressors like parenthood, fertility challenges, career pressure, or major life transitions

• feeling more like roommates than partners

• navigating resentment around parenting responsibilities

• experiencing changes in intimacy

• trying to rebuild trust after painful experiences

• wondering whether your relationship can feel easier again

In therapy, we’ll slow down recurring dynamics and better understand what’s happening underneath the conflict. Our work may focus on communication, emotional safety, intimacy, boundaries, repair, and helping both partners feel more understood. Healthy relationships are not conflict-free—they’re relationships where both people feel seen, heard, and able to repair.