My Approach

My style is collaborative, warm, and direct. Queer, poly, and "non-traditional" folks are welcome! I hold our therapeutic relationship with deep respect and care, making room for your whole story and your experiences without judgment. I listen with a compassionate ear and am there with you to support and guide you to a deeper, genuine connection with your partner...and the hard work and successes you do in relationship therapy often overflow into all areas of your life! :) 

I can help with:

How I work: 

• Getting out of frustrating patterns
• ​​Increasing trust
• Building intimacy
• Supporting each other through life transitions​

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Psychodynamic 
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)​

Relationship therapy can include things like:

• Identifying your wants, needs, and fears are and how to communicate that and connect to your partner.
• Learning about your and your partner's attachment style and attachment history and uncovering how that impacts you now.
• Finding ways to identify and rework sticky patterns that increase conflict and frustration and decrease intimacy.
• In identifying and moving out of the frustrating loops of conflict, helping you regulate your and your partner's nervous system.
• Exploring your sexual connection and managing desire discrepancies. 
• Discovering how to exist as a differentiated person while living interdependently with your partner(s), family, and community. ​ 

"Underneath all the distress, partners [& families] are asking each other: Can I count on you? Are you there for me? Will you respond to me when I need, when I call? Do I matter to you? Am I valued and accepted by you? Do you need me, rely on me?"
-Dr. Sue Johnson 

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