Couples Therapy

“Behind every great relationship are difficult and uncomfortable conversations we rarely get to see. Great relationships don’t just fall into our laps. They require people to move through their fears and insecurities and do the hard work to move wounds into healing.” – Vienna Pharaon

Difficulties in the relationship with our significant other are as normal as the water that surrounds fish. Much like fish don’t know they’re wet though; we don’t know how much these difficulties are impacting our relationship until we feel like we’re drowning. Couples therapy can provide the space, and the third party needed to help bring the water level down and catch your breath.

allow each partner to explore what each party thinks is the problem; aide each partner in identifying their role in the problems; enhance the strengths of the relationship; and increase their attunement their ainsight into the pieces of themselves that might be impeding the process of healing and change within the relationship.

Whether you and your partner are experiencing increased conflict; fear that you and your partner are growing apart; infidelity; communication problems; or overall decreased satisfaction in the relationship, couples therapy can aide in the exploration and resolution of these difficulties. Couples therapy can help you and your partner build a foundation from which the two of you can navigate challenges both inside and outside of your relationship.

Couples therapy is different from individual therapy in that the relationship rather than either of the individuals becomes the central focus of reflection, understanding, healing, and change. This doesn’t mean that there won’t be times when the focus doesn’t seem to be on one person; however, this should always be in the service to the larger goal of working on the relationship.

I enjoy working with couples to help them discover where their individual roles in the relationship intersect with their unique, relational dynamics, and history. Common issues that bring couples into therapy include, but are not limited to, relationship roles, beliefs and values, views on finances, sex and intimacy, physical health issues, outside stressors, and family issues.