Couples & Relationship Work

Evidence-Based Support for Communication, Connection, and Healing

Relationships are living systems — they thrive when nurtured, and they struggle when stress, miscommunication, and emotional wounds start to pile up. My work with couples is grounded in the belief that relationships can heal, strengthen, and evolve when partners feel safe, heard, and emotionally supported.

As a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Gottman-trained clinician, I help couples break patterns, rebuild trust, and communicate in ways that bring them closer rather than push them apart. I also integrate Brainspotting (as needed), a powerful mind-body modality that helps partners process emotional blocks, triggers, and repetitive conflict cycles on a deeper, nervous-system level.

How I Support Couples

✔ Strengthening Communication (Gottman Method)

Using research-backed Gottman strategies, I help couples learn to:

• Stay regulated during difficult conversations
  
  

• Express needs clearly instead of escalating conflict
  
  

• Replace criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling, and contempt
  
  

• Strengthen friendship, fondness, and emotional intimacy
  
  

• Create shared meaning and connection
  
  

• Build rituals of connection
  
  

• Repair conflict effectively rather than letting issues linger
  
  

Couples often tell me, “We finally feel like we’re talking to each other again.”

✔ Healing Emotional Triggers & Attachment Wounds (Brainspotting for Couples)

Many recurring arguments aren’t really about the dishes, the schedule, or the tone of voice — they’re about something deeper in the nervous system.

Brainspotting helps partners:

• Process old emotional injuries that resurface during conflict
  
  

• Reduce reactivity and shutdown
  
  

• Heal attachment wounds
  
  

• Increase empathy and co-regulation
  
  

• Understand why certain moments feel “too big”
  
  

• Strengthen emotional safety between partners
  
  

Brainspotting can be done individually or together in sessions to help couples move beyond long-standing conflict patterns.

✔ Navigating Major Stressors

I support couples working through:

• Infidelity and breaches of trust
  
  

• Parenting stress and differences
  
  

• Fertility challenges
  
  

• Major life transitions
  
  

• Emotional distance or disconnect
  
  

• Grief, trauma, or high-conflict cycles
  
  

• Co-parenting after separation
  
  

• Rebuilding connection after “growing apart”
  
  

You don’t need to be in crisis to start therapy — many couples come simply because they want to deepen their bond.

What Sessions With Me Are Like

Couples describe the experience as:

• Safe
  
  

• Non-judgmental
  
  

• Structured, but personalized
  
  

• Direct yet compassionate
  
  

• Grounded in real skills, not vague advice
  
  

• Focused on both insight and emotional regulation
  
  

I help partners not only understand what’s happening between them — but feel different in the moment.

Who I Work Best With

Couples who want:

• Practical tools they can use right away
  
  

• A calm, skilled guide who keeps conversations productive
  
  

• A blend of neuroscience, emotion-focused work, and the Gottman Method
  
  

• A deeper emotional connection — not just problem-solving
  
  

• A path forward, even if things feel stuck
  
  

Whether you’re dating, engaged, married, separated, or considering reconciliation, we can build a plan that fits your relationship’s needs.

Ready to Strengthen Your Relationship?

You deserve a space where you and your partner feel supported, understood, and guided by evidence-based care.

If you’re ready to communicate better, reconnect emotionally, and create a healthier partnership, I’m here to help.

→ Schedule a consultation or learn more about my approach.