You love each other.
That's what makes it frustrating right? You're not fighting about whether you want to be together. You're fighting about the same things over and over again. One of you shuts down and the other keeps pushing. Now it's an argument and soon it'll be distance and not speaking to each other.
Communication feels so hard and conflict leaves you both feeling misunderstood. You just want to be able to have healthy conversations about sex, money, family, the future and you don't know where to start.
Maybe you're engaged and want to build a strong foundation before saying "I do". Or maybe you've been together for years and know your relationship could be healthier than it feels right now.
I can help you have safer conversations and learn to disagree without disconnecting. You'll both learn how to be honest about what you need, set boundaries while staying connected and build the type of relationship where you can show up as yourself.
Couples therapy is not about figuring out who is right or wrong. It is a place to slow down and understand what is happening underneath the arguments.
Every relationship has roots.
The relationships you witnessed growing up. The messages you received about conflict, vulnerability, sex and love. Even your earliest dating experiences. Because none of us enter relationships with a blank slate. Together we'll explore how those roots continue to shape the way you show up with each other today.
We can work on:
- Premarital counseling and relationship preparation
- Communication and conflict resolution
- Emotional intimacy and vulnerability
- Healthy boundaries and differentiation
- Trust and connection
- Sex and intimacy concerns, pain and penetration, desire discrepancy
- Family and in-law stress
- Life transitions and relationship changes
