Couples
Counseling
50 minute session | $135
80 minute session | $250
You might find yourselves having the same argument over and over, walking away feeling unheard, or keeping things in just to avoid another conflict. You may feel more like roommates than partners, or unsure how to get back to the closeness you once had. Even when you care deeply about each other, it can feel like something keeps getting in the way.
I offer a space to step back and look at what’s happening between you. Together, we’ll sort through the reactions and miscommunications that keep pulling you apart so you can begin to understand each other more clearly, respond differently, and rebuild a sense of closeness and trust in your relationship.
Common Challenges Couples Bring to Counseling
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Couples Counseling Works
Couples counseling begins with a brief 15-minute phone consultation to see if it feels like a good fit for both partners. If you decide to move forward, I’ll send a few simple forms to better understand your relationship and what you’re hoping to work on. Our first session is a joint meeting where we begin to understand the challenges you’re facing and identify shared goals, followed by two individual sessions to explore each partner’s experiences and how they shape the relationship.
From there, we move into Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, where we slow things down, understand the patterns that keep you feeling stuck, and begin to create new ways of connecting. You can expect a space that is steady, compassionate, and free of judgment as you work toward rebuilding trust, deepening intimacy, and strengthening your bond.
Sessions are typically 50 minutes, with 80-minute sessions available for couples who would like more time to go deeper.
How Well Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Works
70%
of couples move out of relational distress after completing EFCT
93%
of couples show strong improvements in connection, trust, and satisfaction by the end of therapy
86%
of couples maintain these positive changes months or even years after therapy ends
73%
better outcomes for couples in EFCT compared with other types of couples therapy