- Is your relationship safe, connected, satisfying?
- Do you fight frequently, or live with a sense of separateness and distance?
- Instead of loneliness, frustration and heartache, are you ready to find deep joy and satisfaction in your relationship?
I am passionate about my work with couples because I believe that everyone deserves to have the happiness that a loving relationship brings into our lives. Life is hard enough, unpredictable and at times painful. We deserve that our relationships be a place where we feel safe and protected, valued and loved.
I have struggled in my own relationship therapy with several therapists, finding them not adequately trained in couples work to affect lasting change. I believe that people deserve effective help with their relationships, which can be so difficult and are so core to our happiness as human beings.
Since training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples), I have become a much more effective couples therapist. I love facilitating the move of a difficult relationship into a connection with more safety, trust and flow.
I work with couples to develop closer, more caring relationships. In couples work with me, you will discover the underlying anxieties that lie below the surface of most conflicts. New brain and attachment research has shown that people are acutely sensitive to disharmony with their partner. Looking at the underlying issues, rather than simply teaching problem solving skills, I help clients understand the destructive “dances” of their relationship and learn how to communicate their needs and desires clearly and non-defensively. We will map out the underlying fears that are that are driving your conflict and the negative relationship patterns that you may find yourself in. You will learn to shift out of old patterns that create distance and develop new skills that create a safe haven for emotional connection and intimacy, rebuilding your relationship into one that is supportive and trusting.