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Have you found yourself thinking:
“I don’t know how much longer we can keep going like this.”
You’ve tried talking about it, but nothing seems to shift. The same small conversations somehow turn into the same painful fights. Things escalate quickly, and before you know it, you’re both hurt, defensive, or shut down. You may lie awake wondering, “How did we get here?”
Beneath the arguments, you’re both reaching for connection. You want to feel heard, valued, and secure, but the ways you try to get there can end up pushing you further apart.
Maybe your trust has been shaken by betrayal, secrecy, substance use, or repeated ruptures. Or maybe it’s the slow erosion of connection through stress, parenting, life transitions, or years of feeling unseen. The distance can grow quietly until it feels impossible to ignore.
Talking about what hurts can feel overwhelming. It’s easier to avoid it than risk making things worse. In therapy, we slow everything down so you can begin to understand what’s happening beneath the fights and start finding your way back to each other.
You don’t have to go through this alone.
Couples Therapy
My work with couples is grounded primarily in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, with integration of Gottman-informed strategies, PACT, and parts-informed work. These approaches help us understand emotional needs, attachment patterns, and the cycles that keep couples stuck.
I work with couples navigating repeated conflict, emotional distance, betrayal (including affairs, emotional affairs, secrecy, or lying), parenting stress, feeling misunderstood or ignored, difficulty communicating without escalation, one partner pursuing while the other shuts down, major life transitions, blended family or in-law challenges, rebuilding closeness, and the impact of anxiety, trauma, or neurodivergence on the relationship.
Read below for more detail on common challenges couples face and how I support them.
Stuck in Conflict
Some couples find themselves caught in repetitive arguments that feel exhausting and unresolved. Therapy helps slow the cycle, understand what is happening underneath, and create space for different conversations to emerge.
Navigating Parenting Differences
Differences in parenting styles, values, or expectations can create ongoing tension. Therapy helps couples understand what’s beneath those differences and move toward approaches that feel more aligned and collaborative.
When Trauma Shapes the Relationship
Trauma can shape how partners respond to closeness, conflict, and emotional intensity. In couples therapy, we focus on safety and pacing while understanding how trauma responses show up in the relationship, without blame or pathologizing.
Neurodivergence in Relationships
When one partner is neurodivergent, differences in communication, emotional processing, or regulation can create misunderstanding or imbalance. Therapy supports deeper understanding, reduces blame, and strengthens connection.
When Trust Has Been Broken
After infidelity, secrecy, or emotional betrayal, couples often feel uncertain about how to move forward. Therapy provides space to rebuild safety and explore whether and how trust can be repaired.
Chronic Pain or Illness in Relationships
Chronic pain or illness can affect intimacy, energy, roles, and emotional closeness. Therapy offers space to acknowledge these changes and strengthen communication and understanding over time.