Finding the right therapist can feel confusing and overwhelming, especially when you’re already carrying a lot. It’s important to work with someone you feel comfortable with — someone who listens carefully, understands your concerns, and has the professional experience to support you well.
Whether you’re navigating relationship challenges, feeling disconnected, or simply wanting tools to live more genuinely and lovingly, couples therapy should feel like a safe and respectful space where you are heard and understood.
My work is grounded in professional training and 29 years of clinical experience, and I take great care in creating an environment that feels calm, confidential, experienced. I take great care in creating an environment that feels calm, confidential, experienced and supportive. If I’m not the right person to help you, I’m also happy to provide referrals to trusted colleagues who may better meet your needs.
If you’d like to take the next step, you’re welcome to reach out via phone or to request a call back - fill out the form below. Look forward to speaking with you.
Couples Therapy Grounded in Understanding and Evidence-Based Research
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Couples Therapy: Common Questions
How can couples therapy help me?
Couples therapy provides a structured, supportive space to improve communication, rebuild trust, and address the underlying patterns that keep couples feeling stuck. Therapy can help you better understand one another, reduce conflict, deepen emotional and physical intimacy, and develop healthier ways to navigate challenges together. Whether you’re facing ongoing tension or simply want to strengthen your relationship, couples therapy can support meaningful, lasting change.
Do I really need couples therapy?
Many couples wait until problems feel overwhelming before seeking help, but therapy isn’t only for relationships in crisis. Couples therapy can be helpful at any stage—when communication feels strained, emotional distance has grown, or when you want to prevent small issues from becoming larger ones. If you feel disconnected, misunderstood, or unsure how to move forward together, therapy can offer clarity, guidance, and renewed connection.
What is couples therapy like?
Couples therapy is a collaborative process. Sessions focus on understanding your relationship dynamics, improving communication, and addressing the root causes of conflict or disconnection. Therapy is not about assigning blame, but about fostering insight, empathy, and practical tools for change. Sessions are guided, respectful, and tailored to your unique goals—helping you move toward greater peace, connection, and emotional safety in your relationship.
Hope Begins Here
How do I know if a couples therapist is the right fit for me?
A strong therapeutic fit is essential. The right couples therapist helps both partners feel safe, heard, and respected while guiding conversations in a balanced and constructive way. Experience, training, and approach matter—but so does trust. It’s important that you feel comfortable, supported, and confident that your therapist is invested in your growth as individuals and as a couple. A consultation is often the best way to determine if it feels like the right fit.
Ready to take the next step?
If you’re considering couples therapy and want to learn more about how it may support your relationship, reach out or to request a call back fill out the form above and explore your next steps together.
About Me
For nearly three decades I have been helping couples and individuals find their way back to connection, meaning, and wholeness. I understand how relationships can be both our greatest joy and our deepest challenge. With a warm, holistic approach, I look at each person as a whole—body, mind, emotions, and spirit—helping clients identify where imbalance exists and guiding them toward lasting change.
I am a licensed therapist with nearly 30 years of experience. I earned my Master’s degree from Pepperdine University and my Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland. My work covers couples therapy, trauma recovery, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and intimacy challenges. I incorporate approaches such as the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems. I am committed to creating a space where clients feel safe, heard, and supported, and where growth and reconnection are possible.
Whether you’re facing conflict, disconnection, or life transitions, I am here to help you restore your relationship, your sense of purpose, and your inner peace. Reach out today via phone to take the first step or request a call back in the form above.
Forms
New clients fill out & bring these two forms to first session
If you would like me to coordinate care with another provider (for example, your psychiatrist, primary care physician, etc.), complete this form to authorize release of psychotherapy information:
Privacy Policy
Confidentiality & Privacy Policy
The law protects the relationship between a client and a psychotherapist, and information cannot be disclosed without written permission.
Exceptions include:
Suspected child abuse or dependent adult or elder abuse, for which I am required by law to report this to the appropriate authorities immediately.
If a client is threatening serious bodily harm to another person/s, I must notify the police and inform the intended victim.
If a client intends to harm himself or herself, I will make every effort to enlist their cooperation in ensuring their safety. If they do not cooperate, I will take further measures without their permission that are provided to me by law in order to ensure their safety.