I offer Couples Counseling to any set of people who are looking to expand upon or to heal in their relationship… a couple is something defined by the clients and held with respect, support and acceptance by the therapist. I provide a safe place for people of all sexual, cultural, spiritual, and gender orientations to work on and to improve their relationship.
The Couples Counseling that I offer has the goal of improving a relationship; if another service is desired, such as divorce counseling, it is important that this goal is agreed upon by both partners when therapy is initiated.
Many people are searching for that person who will always hold them first in their heart… who will be dependable in difficult or awkward situations… who will help in raising dependants… who will share a life… who will offer play and adventure… who will offer support and nurturance… who will fulfill needs or desires… who will be someone to imagine, fantasize and create with… someone to share the less acceptable parts of themselves with… someone to hold… someone to experience emotional intimacy with… someone to have romantic, playful, or nurturing sex with…someone to help them to better understand her/his self. Couples therapy is a great place to create a more fulfilling, accepting, and meaningful relationship.
Relationships are often tested at different times in our lives. There are many developmental milestones that can leave a couple in needs of support such as the birth of a child or the death of a parent. Couples Counseling offers a place to process life changes where the therapist can ensure that emotional expression and beliefs are relayed in a way that helps the partner to hear the message with less defensiveness and with increased empathy.
We do very little to educate directly about various relationship dynamics, but we as a country have a wide array of influences that suggest how we should be interacting. Couples often benefit from my counseling as I can offer a place for the couple to stop being overly involved with what society suggests they “should do” so that they can start talking about how things really are.