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Couples Therapy
Couples Therapy
Relationships often don’t break down because people don’t care. They break down because the same conversations keep going the same way. One person pursues while the other shuts down. Concerns turn into criticism, defensiveness follows, and nothing gets resolved. Over time, these patterns erode trust, diminish intimacy, and leave both partners feeling alone in the relationship.
Rather than simply helping couples understand why these patterns occur, I focus on changing how partners respond to one another in real time. As these patterns are disrupted and new skills develop, couples can begin to experience greater clarity, reduced emotional reactivity, and more intentional interactions. Over time, this work supports more stable, resilient relationships built on trust, emotional connection, and mutual understanding.
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As a PACT Level 1 trained therapist and Level 3 trained Gottman therapist, I help couples interrupt these cycles and change how they interact under stress. The Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT) focuses on how partners’ nervous systems respond to stress, helping couples recognize nonverbal cues, regulate reactivity, and develop greater capacity for co-regulation and secure connection. The Gottman Method provides a structured approach to improving communication, managing conflict, and developing reliable ways to repair disconnection.
My approach also draws on complementary models to address the deeper dynamics that shape relationships. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) informed work helps couples understand the attachment needs and emotions beneath recurring conflict, creating opportunities to move from reactive cycles toward greater emotional security.
An Imago informed approach helps partners explore how earlier relational experiences shape their expectations and reactions in adult relationships. Structured dialogue and empathic listening can help couples move beyond blame, better understand each other’s perspectives, and build greater mutual understanding.
EMDR training adds a trauma informed perspective to couples work, particularly when past experiences contribute to emotional triggers, heightened reactivity, or difficulty feeling safe and connected. When clinically appropriate, EMDR can help address distressing experiences that continue to influence present day responses.
Parenting
Most parents aren’t struggling because they don’t care. They are struggling because the same situations keep escalating. You repeat yourself, your child pushes back, consequences don’t stick, and by the end of the day you’re exhausted and questioning whether what you’re doing is working.
Balancing work, schedules, and family life often leads to inconsistency. At times you are firm, other times you are too depleted to follow through. This creates confusion for children and frustration for parents.
At the same time, many families are navigating constant digital stimulation, screens, smart phones, social media, and gaming that can increase reactivity, reduce attention, and make limits harder to enforce. This often intensifies conflict around boundaries, disrupts routines, and makes it more difficult for both parents and children to stay regulated.
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I work with parents to identify the patterns driving conflict and replace them with clearer, more effective responses. Drawing from conscious parenting principles, I help you become more aware of your own emotional reactions, triggers, and automatic responses so you can respond with greater intention rather than react in the moment.
I integrate principles from the Gottman Method, the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Imago, and EMDR to strengthen the parent-child relationship while maintaining appropriate structure and boundaries. Drawing on Gottman principles of emotional attunement, co-regulation, and repair, along with PACT’s emphasis on nervous system regulation and responsiveness, EFT’s focus on attachment and emotional security, and Imago’s emphasis on empathy and understanding relational patterns, I help parents develop greater awareness of their own emotional responses and their impact on their children. My EMDR training also informs a trauma informed understanding of how past experiences may influence parenting reactions and family dynamics. This work includes developing consistent discipline strategies, improving emotional regulation during high stress moments, and creating clear, predictable expectations that children can reliably understand and respond to.
My approach is not about a one-size-fits-all parenting model, but about helping you establish a style that is both effective and sustainable. The ultimate goal is to establish a home environment that becomes more predictable, less reactive, and more stable over time.