Counseling Services Provided

Individual Counseling

Through one-on-one meetings, you can begin to deepen your understanding of yourself, your obstacles, and your opportunities – and begin to make decisions that will empower you and bring you closer to the life you want to live.

Getting hidden frustrations, fears, and pain into the open in a supportive environment usually helps people feel better about themselves so they can find more effective ways of dealing with challenging issues or people. Even people who have many good friends and a close family might benefit from seeing a therapist because therapists listen differently than friends and family. 

Going to therapy is not a guarantee that things will get better in your life. Some people change a lot in therapy and some change very little. You have control over how much you change.

Couples Counseling

Whether you’re dating, engaged, or married, being in a relationship with another is both the source of great fulfillment—the answer to something we long for—and the cause of great struggle.  Of course, sometimes we experience more conflict than connection.  Couples counseling is a forum for learning skills that decrease conflict and increase connection, intimacy, and mutual fulfillment.

As a therapist specializing in working with couples, one of my goals is to help people break dysfunctional cycles and replace old, worn-out ways of interacting with more intentional and compassionate ones.  In addition to teaching new communication and life skills, I help couples expand and reorganize their emotional responses in a way that helps increase empathy and understanding, engenders self-growth, and brings greater intimacy and joy to the relationship.  I am happy to work with couples on all ends of the spectrum –

 

  • Early relationship/premarital counseling
  • Relationship tune-ups 
  • Rebuilding relationships that are in serious jeopardy
  • Helping separated/divorced couples navigate challenges
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I believe that loving, empowering relationships don’t just happen.  Being connected to another person is more daily practice than fortuitous luck or serendipitous gift.  This means that both partners must learn and practice skills.

For couples, communication skills are foremost among those that must be developed.  In order for relationships to succeed, couples must learn to speak their truth adeptly, honestly, and with care.  This is challenging!  And because it’s challenging, many of us feel inadequate at our attempts both to express ourselves and to understand our partners.  But with practice, you can learn to communicate in a way that transforms their relationship.

I have a variety of tools at my disposal. We will employ many utensils as we create strategies for addressing conflicts, communicating honestly, and expressing respect and care. 

Couples counseling gives partners a chance to explore challenging relationship questions in a safe environment. I will help couples find more effective ways of communicating with each other and develop new skills to address areas where they are mostly stuck.

I won’t dictate what is right for you in your relationship. There is no “one-size-fits-all” answer for relationships. I am here to collaborate with you and your partner in order to clarify and guide you towards developing the kind of relationship you desire.