Couple Counseling
50 minute counseling session | $155
80 minute counseling session | $250
Some days, your relationship can feel distant, tense, or caught in the same painful cycle. Conversations turn into disconnection, and even when you care deeply about each other, it can be hard to find your way back. I help couples understand the patterns that unfold between them and how those patterns keep them stuck. Grounded in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, our work focuses on what happens in real time between you, creating space to slow down, make sense of your experiences, and begin reaching for each other in new ways. I guide you with warmth and care as we work toward a relationship that feels more secure, connected, and emotionally safe.
Common Challenges Couples Bring to Therapy
Stuck in Painful Cycles
The same arguments keep repeating, leaving both of you feeling hurt, defensive, and exhausted. You may understand the pattern, but feel unable to stop it.
Feeling Unheard or Misunderstood
You try to express your feelings and needs, but the message gets lost in conflict, defensiveness, or silence. It’s painful to feel unseen by the person you love.
Intimacy Has Faded or Feels Difficult
Emotional or physical closeness has changed. Desire feels mismatched, sex feels strained or absent, or affection no longer feels safe or natural.
Pulling Away to Protect Yourself
One or both of you withdraw to avoid more conflict or hurt. Over time, this creates loneliness, resentment, and emotional distance.
Trust Has Been Broken
Infidelity, secrecy, or broken promises have shaken the foundation of your relationship. It feels hard to know what is safe anymore or how to rebuild closeness.
Unsure if the Relationship Can Heal
You worry that things may never truly improve. The weight of uncertainty and repeated disappointments leaves you questioning what the future holds.
How Couple Counseling Works
Couples counseling starts with a brief 15-minute phone consultation to see if this is the right fit for both partners. If you decide to move forward, Abby will send a few simple forms to learn more about each partner’s perspective, the relationship history, and the goals you hope to work on together.
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The first 50-minute session is a joint meeting where both partners come together. This session focuses on understanding the challenges you’re facing, reviewing how counseling works, and identifying shared goals for the relationship. The following two 50-minute sessions are individual meetings with each partner, providing space to explore personal experiences and how they affect the connection between you.​
From there, couples move into Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT). This work helps partners recognize recurring patterns, understand the emotions driving those patterns, and practice new ways of connecting. Couples can expect a space that is steady, compassionate, and free of judgment, where both partners are supported in building trust, deepening intimacy, and strengthening their bond.
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Sessions are typically 50 minutes, and 80-minute couples sessions are also available for couples who would like additional time to slow down, go deeper, or work through more complex or emotionally charged concerns.