Couples Counseling
What may be bringing you in?
Need for improving communication to successfully manage conflict.
Creating a supportive bond that aids each partner as you navigate life stressors.
Wanting to heal from emotional injuries such as infidelity and/ or other trust wounds.
Wanting to increasing the feeling of emotional safety to express your needs and be yourself in the relationship.
Transform intergenerational communication patterns that are showing up in your current relationship and causing distress.
Learning how to show up for each other and acknowledging your own and your partner’s unique challenges as you raise neurodivergent children.
Supporting each other as you grow and navigate various life stages; becoming a new couple, joining families and social circles, and/ or raising a family.
How will our work look like?
Utilizing Emotionally Focused Therapy due to its high success rates in creating positive long lasting change our work will address:
Identifying patterns causing conflict in your relationship (how we affect one another)
Building trust and emotional intimacy with your partner and effectively communicating your needs
Working through past traumas and emotional wounds that may be negatively impacting your relationship.
Learning how to feel safe as you communicate your needs.
Breaking the pattern of turning away from your partner when feeling overwhelmed.
Learning how to communicate in a way you both feel heard without having to escalate the emotional intensity, or needing to disingage from the interaction which is leaving you both feeling alone and disconected.
Book Resources
Hold Me Tight; Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Dr. Sue Johnson
Love Sense; The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships, Dr. Sue Johnson
The 5 Love Languages; The Secret to Love That Lasts, Gary Chapman
Married with Special Needs Children, Couple’s Guide to Keeping Connected,
Laura E. Marshak, PhD., Fran Pollock Prezant, M.Ed,. CCC-SLP
