Couple & Family Therapy
Creating Healthy Relationships is a Gift that Keeps on Giving
We are relational beings. We are born in relationships. We get wounded in relationships. Healing must also occur in the construct of our relationships. Helping couples navigate conflicts such that they can form a secure bond and therefore model a healthy relationship to the next generation is a particular passion of mine. In my work with couples and families, I utilize Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) to de-escalate conflict and create safety and security in the relationship. Helping clients explore their own unmet attachment needs and finding the words to voice them with vulnerability helps them shift the painful cycle of conflict. Couples and families get to experience a new way of being with the people they love. This evidence-based approach helps couples respond to each other with ARE you there for me? A = Accessible, R = Responsive, E = Engaged. I meet with couples for 90-minutes together and then 90 minutes individually before coming back together for 75-minute sessions. I use a multicultural lens in my work with all clients, learning to understand the cultural nuances, embracing the diversity and vibrancy. This is a safe place for all immigrants, Interracial families, and LGBTQIA+ clients.
Cherish the Connection
Grow Together
Build or Mend Relationships with Emotionally Focused Therapy
“no one can dance with a partner and not touch each other’s raw spots. We must know what these raw spots are and be able to speak about them in a way that pulls our partner closer to us.”
― Sue Johnson, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
“Learning to love and be loved is, in effect, about learning to tune in to our emotions so that we know what we need from a partner and expressing those desires openly, in a way that evokes sympathy and support from him or her.”
― Sue Johnson, Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
“Distressed partners no longer see each other as their emotional safe haven. Our lover is supposed to be the one person we can count on who will always respond. Instead, unhappy partners feel emotionally deprived, rejected, even abandoned. In that light, couples’ conflicts assume their true meaning: they are frightened protests against eroding connection and a demand for emotional reengagement.”
― Sue Johnson, Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
“Naming an emotion begins the process of regulating it and reflecting on it.”
― Sue Johnson, Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
“The more we can reach out to our partners, the more separate and independent we can be.”
― Sue Johnson, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
“We need emotional attachments with a few irreplaceable others to be physically and mentally healthy — to survive.”
― Sue Johnson, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love