A partnership has the power to both wound and heal.
Intimate relationships reach the deepest parts of us. They can stir old hurts, familiar defenses, and painful cycles, but they also hold the potential for profound repair, growth, and connection. All relationships move through connection, disconnection, and repair. This is not a sign that something is wrong, it’s the rhythm of being human together. In therapy, the work is not to eliminate disconnection entirely, but to refine this cycle so that disconnection doesn’t become deeply entrenched, and repair becomes more accessible, more honest, and more effective.
When couples come in, they are often stuck in patterns that push love away
Most couples aren’t struggling because they don’t care. They’re struggling because they’ve become caught in protective patterns—ways of relating that once made sense, but now create distance, misunderstanding, and pain.
Together, we slow these moments down and make space to understand:
What’s happening underneath the conflict
What each partner is protecting
How old relational templates are showing up in the present
And how to move toward each other differently
Therapy becomes a place to grow—individually and together
Couples therapy offers:
A place of curiosity and discovery—about yourself, your partner, and your relationship
A place to practice new ways of communicating and responding
A place where both individual wellbeing and relational health are valued
The goal isn’t for one person to win. It’s to help you build a relationship where both people can thrive.
Relationships shape our wellbeing
If you are in an intimate partnership, the quality of that relationship casts a wide shadow—or glow—over the rest of your life. Research consistently shows that distressed relationships increase the risk of both mental and physical health challenges, and relational stress deeply impacts children as well.
At the same time, secure, connected relationships can be a powerful source of resilience, grounding, and healing.
Relationships are a lifelong classroom
Relationships aren’t static—they’re meant to evolve as each of you grows and changes. The partnership you need in one season of life will not be the same in another. Over time, couples who stay connected aren’t the ones who never change, but the ones who allow their relationship to change with them. In many ways, long-term love invites you to have many marriages with the same person.
The couples who thrive are not the ones who avoid conflict, but the ones who learn how to use conflict as a doorway into deeper understanding and intimacy.
Intimate partnership invites you—again and again—to ask:
How is this moment growing me?
What is this conflict asking us to see?
How can we meet each other here differently?
This work is not easy. It often runs counter to the cultural stories we’ve been told about what love should look like. But when couples are willing to engage this process, relationships can become one of the most meaningful places of healing and transformation.
Training & Approach
I am a Certified Couples Therapy Informed Provider, which means my work with couples is grounded in evidence-based approaches that help partners understand the patterns they get caught in, access the deeper emotions underneath those patterns, and create meaningful, lasting repair.
My role is not to take sides or determine who is right or wrong. Instead, I help you:
Slow down moments that escalate quickly
Understand the protective responses each of you developed long before this relationship
Strengthen emotional safety and trust
Learn practical ways to repair and reconnect
Build a relationship that supports both individual and shared wellbeing
Couples therapy with me is an active, collaborative process. It becomes a place where both partners can speak honestly, feel understood, and begin to experience each other in new ways.
Whether you are feeling stuck in painful cycles, navigating a period of transition, or simply wanting to deepen an already strong foundation, therapy can help you move toward a relationship that feels more connected, respectful, and alive.
