Couples Therapy & Relationship Counseling
Rebuild connection, improve communication, and create the relationship you both deserve. Whether you feel disconnected, stuck in repetitive arguments, or struggling to feel close, therapy can help.
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Feeling disconnected from your partner?
Maybe you're stuck in the same arguments, feel more like roommates than partners, or are struggling to rebuild trust after betrayal. Let's work together to understand the patterns driving your disconnection and create new, positive ways of relating to each other.
Do You Recognize Yourselves?
- The same arguments keep coming up, and nothing ever gets resolved
- You feel more like roommates than partners
- One or both of you has been unfaithful, and you're not sure how to move forward
- You avoid difficult conversations because they always escalate
- Intimacy—emotional or physical—has faded and you don't know how to get it back
- You're considering separation but want to try everything before making that decision
Communication and Connection
The Gottman Method
Based on over 40 years of research on what makes relationships succeed or fail, the Gottman Method provides practical tools for improving communication. You'll learn to replace criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling with healthier patterns that build trust and connection.
Key areas we'll work on include building friendship and fondness, managing conflict constructively, and creating shared meaning in your relationship.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
EFT focuses on the emotional bond between partners. It helps couples understand the negative cycles they get caught in and creates new, positive patterns of interaction. By accessing and expressing underlying emotions, partners can respond to each other in ways that strengthen their attachment.
EFT is particularly effective for couples who feel disconnected, stuck in repetitive arguments, or struggling to feel close despite wanting to.
What to Expect
We'll begin with an initial session where both partners share their perspective. From there, I'll develop a treatment plan focused on your specific goals—whether that's improving communication, rebuilding trust, or deepening emotional connection.
Sessions are available online via secure video for couples in California and Virginia. Many couples start with weekly sessions and transition to biweekly as they build new skills and patterns.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ideally, yes — but it’s common for one partner to be more enthusiastic than the other. What matters is that both of you are willing to show up and participate honestly. Many reluctant partners find the process more useful than they expected once they experience the first session.
That’s okay. Couples therapy isn’t about forcing a relationship to work — it’s about helping you get clarity. Sometimes that means rebuilding and strengthening the relationship. Sometimes it means realizing you’re better apart. Either way, therapy can help you make that decision with honesty and respect.
Based on over 40 years of research on what makes relationships succeed or fail, the Gottman Method provides practical tools for improving communication. You’ll learn to replace criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling with healthier patterns that build trust and connection.
In couples therapy, the relationship is the client. We focus on the patterns between you — communication styles, conflict cycles, attachment dynamics — rather than individual issues. That said, I may recommend individual sessions alongside couples work if deeper personal issues are affecting the relationship.
Where I See Couples
I offer online couples therapy for clients in California and Virginia via secure video sessions. Whether you're across the state or across the country from each other, we can make it work.
Ready to take the first step together?
Your relationship is worth fighting for. Schedule a free consultation to discuss what you're going through and how couples therapy can help.
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